MD Kiki Chang, MD Jennifer Frankovich, MD Mph Michael Cooperstock, PhD Madeleine W. Cunningham, MD M. Elizabeth Latimer, MD Tanya K. Murphy, MD Mark Pasternack, MD Margo Thienemann, MD Kyle Williams, MD Jolan Walter, MD Susan E. Swedo
tlooto Summary
A consensus statement is presented proposing recommendations for the diagnostic evaluation of youth presenting with PANS and the most urgently needed studies in this field are set forth.
Abstract
On May 23 and 24, 2013, the First PANS Consensus Conference was convened at Stanford University, calling together a geographically diverse group of clinicians and researchers from complementary fields of pediatrics: General and developmental pediatrics, infectious diseases, immunology, rheumatology, neurology, and child psychiatry. Participants were academicians with clinical and research interests in pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcus (PANDAS) in youth, and the larger category of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). The goals were to clarify the diagnostic boundaries of PANS, to develop systematic strategies for evaluation of suspected PANS cases, and to set forth the most urgently needed studies in this field. Presented here is a consensus statement proposing recommendations for the diagnostic evaluation of youth presenting with PANS.
Citation format
CHANG, MD Kiki, et al. Clinical evaluation of youth with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS): Recommendations from the 2013 PANS consensus conference. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 2015, 25: 3–13.