PANS PANDAS Treatment Guidelines

Special Issue: PANS-PANDAS Treatment Guidelines

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Volume 27, Issue 7, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., September 2017Swedo, MD, Frankovich, MD, MS, Murphy, MD, MS
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Introduction

Overview of Treatment of Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
Swedo, MD, Frankovich, MD, MS, Murphy, MD, MS
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Clinical Management of PANS

Clinical Management of PANS: Part I–Psychiatric and Behavioral Interventions
Part I—Psychiatric and Behavioral Interventions, Thienemann, MD, et al. Presents consensus guidelines for treating the psychiatric and behavioral symptoms of children with PANS/PANDAS. Symptom improvement is aimed at decreasing suffering, improving functioning, and making it easier for the children to adhere to therapeutic interventions.
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Clinical Management of PANS: Part II—Use of Immunomodulatory Therapies
Part II—Use of Immunomodulatory Therapies, Frankovich, MD, et al. Provide recommendations to help guide the use of therapies targeting the neuroinflammation and post-infectious autoimmunity that are common in PANS-PANDAS.
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Clinical Management of PANS: Part III—Treatment and Prevention of Infections
Part III—Treatment and Prevention of Infections, Cooperstock, MD, MPH, et al. Present a consensus guideline for managing the infection components of these neuropsychiatric conditions.
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Studies

Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Response to Oral Corticosteroid Bursts: An Observational Study of Patients in an Academic Community-Based PANS Clinic, Brown, et al.
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Course of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After Introduction and Removal of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: A Pediatric Observational Study Spartz, MD, et al
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Effect of Early and Prophylactic Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Flare Duration in Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome: An Observational Study of Patients Followed by an Academic Community-Based Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Clinic
Brown, MD, et al
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