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EPISODE · Oct 18, 2018 · 6 MIN

Acute Flaccid Myelitis

from PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast · host Brad Sobolewski

Acute Flaccid Myelitis is a rare but serious disease characterized by rapid onset of muscle weakness. Diagnosis also requires an MRI with lesions in multiple spinal levels or CSF pleocytosis. cases have been reported over the past several years and though a specific cause is unknown strains of enterovirus are suspected culprits. Check out more […]

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Acute Flaccid Myelitis is a rare but serious disease characterized by rapid onset of muscle weakness. Diagnosis also requires an MRI with lesions in multiple spinal levels or CSF pleocytosis. cases have been reported over the past several years and though a specific cause is unknown strains of enterovirus are suspected culprits.<br /> Check out more great educational content on <a href="http://pemblog.com">PEMBlog</a><br /> Follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/PEMTweets">@PEMTweets</a><br /> References<br /> <a href="https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Children-and-Disasters/Pages/Acute-Flaccid-Myelitis-in-Children.aspx">AAP &#8211; Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children</a><br /> <a href="https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/2017PS/2017PSFinal/17-ID-01.pdf">CDC / Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists: Revision to the Standardized Surveillance and Case Definition for Acute Flaccid Myelitis</a><br /> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/hcp/case-definition.html">CDC: Acute Flaccid Myelitis</a><br />

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