Challenges in the Clinical Recognition of Acute Flaccid Myelitis and its Implications
Hayes LH, Hopkins SE, Liu S, Pardo CA, Garcia-Dominguez MA, Oleszek J, Yea C, Ciftci-Kavaklioglu B, Yeh EA, Dean J, Sadowsky CL, Desai J, Wiegand S, Farias-Moeller R, Nash K, Thakur KT, Vargas WS, Hong-Routson SJ, Yeshokumar A, Zhou MS, Makhani N, Wilson-Murphy M, Bove R, Zhang B, Benson LA. Challenges in the Clinical Recognition of Acute Flaccid Myelitis and its Implications. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2022, 253: 55-62.e4. PMID: 36115622, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute flaccid myelitisInitial diagnosisCase definitionRetrospective multicenter studyPrevention case definitionInitial differential diagnosisNew treatment optionsInitial clinical encounterIntensive care monitoringRespiratory decompensationImmunomodulatory treatmentIntravenous immunoglobulinVentilatory supportPediatric patientsClinical featuresAcute careMulticenter studyTreatment optionsClinical recognitionTreatment paradigmClinical impactDifferential diagnosisPatientsDisease controlClinical encounters