Spinal Cord Injury

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

(601387) Autonomic Dysfunction In Acute Flaccid Myelitis

Presenter(s)

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  Travis Edmiston, MD

  Fellow, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
  Kennedy Krieger and Johns Hopkins Medicine
  Baltimore, Maryland
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  Cristina Sadowsky, MD

  Clinical Director International Center for Spinal Cord Injury
  Kennedy Krieger Institute
  Baltimore, Maryland

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) is a rare but functionally devastating polio-like illness in the pediatric population. This will be a case-based discussion of our clinical experiences in AFM including the recognition and management of autonomic dysfunction in the AFM population during the 2016 and 2018 outbreak seasons.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the clinical presentation of AFM.
• Recognize features of autonomic dysfunction in the population.
• Identify potential interventions to maximize the health, participation and well being in this population.