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ArticleNeurology and therapy2023

How I Treat Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Podcast.

Urvi Desai

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Article in Neurology and therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Urvi DesaiNeurosciences Institute, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, A Facility of Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA. udesai@wakehealth.edu.
Carolinas Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired immune-mediated neuropathy that typically presents with progressive or relapsing, symmetric, proximal, and distal weakness of upper and lower limbs, sensory involvement of at least two limbs, and decreased or absent deep tendon reflexes. The symptoms of CIDP can be similar to those of other neuropathies, making diagnosis difficult, which can often lead to delays in correct diagnosis and treatment. The updated European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society (EAN/PNS) 2021 guideline outlines a set of diagnostic criteria that help to identify CIDP with high accuracy and provides recommendations for the treatment of CIDP. The aim of this podcast, featuring Dr. Urvi Desai (Professor of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute Wake Forest Baptist, Charlotte), is to discuss how the new guideline impacts diagnosis and treatment decisions in her everyday clinical practice. Using a patient case study example, the updated guideline recommends assessing a patient for clinical, electrophysiological, and supportive criteria for CIDP, enabling a more straightforward diagnosis of either typical CIDP, a CIDP variant, or an autoimmune nodopathy. A second patient case study highlights how the new guideline no longer considers autoimmune nodopathies as CIDP, as patients with these disorders do not meet hallmark CIDP criteria. This leaves an unmet need in terms of guidance on how to treat this subset of patients. Although the new guideline has not necessarily changed treatment preference in clinical practice, the addition of subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) into the guideline now better reflects clinical practice. The guideline helps to define and categorize CIDP more simply and consistently, allowing quicker and more accurate diagnosis, leading to a positive impact on treatment response and prognosis. These real-world insights into the diagnosis and management of patients with CIDP could help guide best clinical practice and help facilitate optimization of patient outcomes.

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Autoimmune nodopathyChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathyClinical practiceDiagnosis and management of patientsDiagnostic criteriaGuidelinesIntravenous immunoglobulinReal-world evidenceSubcutaneous immunoglobulin

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