The Neurology Podcast provides practical information for neurologists and clinicians to practice the best possible medicine for patients. Examining methods and findings in peer-reviewed journals, the show provides insights that impact clinical practice and patient care. From the journal Neurology and the American Academy of Neurology, providing education and expert analysis since 2007.
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May 6 2014 Issue
Utility of an immunotherapy trial in the evaluation of patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy and 2) Topic of the month: Critical care neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Mytinger interviews Dr. Sean Pittock about his paper on the utility of an immunotherapy trial in the evaluation of patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about logopenic-variant primary progressive aphasia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mike Brogan interviews Dr. Pratik Pandharipande about delirium in acute brain dysfunction in critically ill patients. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Pandharipande, Pittock and Addington.Dr. Pandharipande received research support from Hospira Inc. and the NIH.Dr. Pittock received research support from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation and the NIH.Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.