About this episode
1) Natural history of cavernous malformation: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 25 studies2) e-Pearl topic: Neurologic manifestations of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia3) Topic of the month: Neurology Today story about new Center for Disease Control guidelines on prescribing opioids (Part 1)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. Matthew Flaherty interviews Dr. Loch Macdonald about his paper on review and meta-analysis of 25 studies about the natural history of cavernous malformation. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurologic manifestations of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Gary Franklin about a Neurology Today story on the topic of the new Center for Disease Control guidelines on prescribing opioids (Part 1).DISCLOSURES: Dr. Flaherty serves on the scientific advisory board for DSMB member, I-DEF Trial (NINDS sponsored ICH treatment trial); has a patent pending, non-invasive CNS monitor; owns company stock as co-founder of SENSE Diagnostics, LLC (our product is currently investigational and not on the market); serves on the speakers' bureau of CSL Behring and Janssen; receives research support from American Heart Association, Pfizer Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, NIH and as Principal Investigator of a phase II, NINDS funded trial testing recombinant activated factor VII for treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage where study drug is supplied by Novo Nordisk.Dr. Macdonald serves as an editorial board member of Stroke, Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, Neurocritical care, World Neurosurgery, Surgical Neurology International, Translational stroke research and Cerebrovascular diseases; treats unruptured aneurysm patients (1% effort); holds stock options in Edge Therapeutics, Inc; has a patent for treatment of delayed cerebral ischemia and subdural hemorrhage, intracranial drug delivery systems; receives research support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Brain Aneurysm Foundation, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Physicians Services Incorporated Foundation.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Franklin serves as an editorial board member of Neuroepidemiology; serves on the Levels of Evidence Team for Neurology®; is a consultant for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund; receives research support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.