Resident Use of EEG Cap System to Rule Out Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus.

Background: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) requires an EEG for diagnosis and in many centers access may be limited. The authors aimed to test whether neurology residents can be trained to use and interpret full-montage EEGs using an EEG cap electrode system to detect NCSE while on-call.

Methods: Neurology residents were trained to interpret EEG recordings using the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society critical care EEG terminology.

Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis.

Since 2012, the United States of America has experienced a biennial spike in pediatric acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Epidemiologic evidence suggests non-polio enteroviruses (EVs) are a potential etiology, yet EV RNA is rarely detected in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF from children with AFM (n = 42) and other pediatric neurologic disease controls (n = 58) were investigated for intrathecal antiviral antibodies, using a phage display library expressing 481,966 overlapping peptides derived from all known vertebrate and arboviruses (VirScan).

"Owl's Eye" Sign in Acute Flaccid Paralysis.

A 4-year-old boy presented with asymmetric acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) of his right arm and both legs. He was alert with no oculobulbar weakness or incontinence. He had fever and diarrhea 5 days earlier.