About this episode
1) Predictive value of ABCD2 and ABCD3-1 scores in TIA and minor stroke in the Stroke Unit Setting2) e-Pearl topic: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood3) Topic of the month: Neurology Today story about his book review on: "The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science."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. Anna Ranta interviews Dr. Michael Knoflach about his paper on the predictive value of ABCD2 and ABCD3-1 scores in transient ischemic attack and minor stroke in the Stroke Unit Setting. Dr. Steve O'Donnell is reading our e-Pearl of the week about alternating hemiplegia of childhood. Dr. Ted Burns interviews Jose Merino about a Neurology Today story about his book review on: "The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science."DISCLOSURES: Dr. Ranta receives research support from the New Zealand Health Research Council.Dr. O'Donnell 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. Merino serves as US Clinical Research Editor for the BMJ; serves as Co-editor, blogging stroke (A Stroke journal blog); receives stroke outcomes adjudicator for the WHI study (NIH-funded); and DSMB of a PCORI-funded trial to evaluate depression in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer disease.