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      June 28, 2022

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      June 28, 2022

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      June 28, 2022

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      June 3, 2022

      Executive Page Dear EAN members, dear friends, It is my pleasure to give you an update on behalf of the EAN Scientific Committee following a busy year since my appointment as chair. It has been a privilege to be so deeply involved in the scientific activities of the EAN and to work closely with an amazing community of people who are so dedicated to the advancement of neurology. One of the strongest threads within that community is the EAN’s group of Scientific Panels, which are often referred to as the organisation’s ‘scientific backbone’. The panels have a hand in everything the EAN does from a scientific point of view, including coordinating clinical research, disseminating good practice, assisting in planning the EAN annual congress, supporting the EAN’s educational efforts, and producing guidelines that assist neurologists in daily practice. All of this work requires a considerable amount of oversight, and this is why each panel is run by its own Management Group, elected by the panel members. Being a part of one of these Management Groups (PDF) is an opportunity to play a direct part in determining the direction of scientific progress within Europe, and I am excited to say that the call for applications to stand for election will be announced in September. All panel members and EAN individual members are eligible to apply to be candidates, with the vote being held among the existing panel members in autumn. I would like to urge every neurologist with a passion for the scientific future of their special area of interest to consider standing for election to the relevant Management Group and to look out for the call for applications later this month. I can tell you from personal experience that fulfilling a role such as this within the structure of the EAN is a fascinating and extremely rewarding experience. The chance to take on such a unique leadership position should not be missed! The most satisfying aspect of being involved in the EAN’s organisational structure is surely seeing all the hard work and planning come to fruition when a small idea evolves into a newly launched project. One such example is the 1st EAN Science School, taking place in Salzburg next March. The idea of the Science School is to offer early career neurologists with an interest in translational research a new avenue for learning about basic pathomechanisms of neurological disorders. Application for this very first edition, on ‘Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system’, closed last week and we have been delighted with the level of interest. It was a pleasure to be part of the task force in charge of planning this new project and I look forward to seeing it officially transferred to the hands of the Scientific Committee after a successful event and evaluation in spring. Of our ongoing activities, one of the most significant is the EAN Neuro-covid Registry, which aims to collate epidemiological data on neurological manifestations in patients with COVID-19 infection reported by neurologists in outpatient services, emergency rooms, and hospital departments. We currently have 1,542 patients entered in the database, from 35 centres across 23 countries. So far, 29 patients have been followed for 12 months and 387 have completed the 6-months follow up. This is a decent start, but I would like to strongly encourage EAN members and their institutions to get involved and contribute cases to what will become an invaluable resource for neurologists and clinicians to improve care for Covid-19 patients. Finally, I would like share a word on a forthcoming collaboration between EAN and the Human Brain Project in December, that I think will interest a lot of EAN members. The EAN-EBRAINS joint workshop on ‘The future of medical data sharing in clinical neurosciences’ will be a three-day virtual event that aims to discuss issues and challenges associated with data sharing in Europe, from ethics to data safety and privacy, including those specific to data federation, such as the development and validation of federated algorithms. The whole workshop is completely free of charge and registration is open until 25 November, so please check out the details and sign up! I wish you all a healthy and pleasant autumn and I look forward to updating you again. Best wishes Thomas Berger Chair of the EAN Scientific Committee

      Executive Page: Join the EAN Panels and reinforce our scientific backbone! (Plus ENERGY update, and our first Science School)

      May 1, 2022

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      Executive Page: National societies, our key partners on the path to progress

      April 6, 2022

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      EAN Statement in support of Ukraine

      March 18, 2022

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      Research Paper of the Month: Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy with and without Alzheimer’s dementia: population based cohort study

      June 3, 2022

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      Covid-19 Paper of the month: Postmortem Assessment of Olfactory Tissue Degeneration and Microvasculopathy in Patients with COVID-19

      June 3, 2022

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      Research Paper of the Month: Prion protein monoclonal antibody (PRN100) therapy for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: evaluation of a first-in-human treatment programme

      May 1, 2022

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      Covid-19 Paper of the month: Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 infection among patients with Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment

      May 1, 2022

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      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 8 – Coma – what’s new?

      June 28, 2022

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      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

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      June 8, 2022

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      June 8, 2022

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      June 27, 2022

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      June 27, 2022

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      June 26, 2022

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      June 26, 2022

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      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

      June 28, 2022

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      July 6, 2021

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      June 2, 2021

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      Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy – promising therapeutic approach with allogeneic BK virus-specific T cells

      May 17, 2021

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      May 12, 2021

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      April 1, 2020

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      February 26, 2020

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      December 1, 2019

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      November 1, 2019

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      Coma and DOC Panel Update (May-June): news from the EAN Virtual Congress, personalized pain assessment, NIRS-EEG and machine learning to predict outcomes, prevalence of swallowing disorders and new multimodal predictive algorithms.

      August 11, 2020

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      Statement of the EAN Sleep-Wake-Panel

      June 3, 2020

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      Rare Neurological Diseases in the COVID-19 era: Suggestions for information to patients and caregivers

      May 13, 2020

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      Scentific Panel of the Month: Higher Cortical Functions

      March 2, 2020

      Eur J Neurol

      EAN NeuroCOVID-19 Task Force position paper on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among people with chronic neurological disorders

      May 2, 2022

      Eur J Neurol

      European Journal of Neurology welcomes new associate editors

      December 13, 2021

      Eur J Neurol

      New European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children

      June 30, 2021

      Eur J Neurol

      EAN is proud to announce the 2020 Virtual Master Classes Christmas Special

      November 13, 2020

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      EAN is proud to announce the 2020 Virtual Master Classes Christmas Special

      November 13, 2020

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      EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY – TOP 15 ARTICLES 2018

      February 1, 2019

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      Interview with Prof. Patrick Cras – UEMS Section of Neurology (SN)

      February 3, 2018

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      Interview with Mr. Bertrand Daval and Mrs. Nathalie Paulus

      February 3, 2018

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      Join the EAN Guideline Workshop on 24 June!

      May 13, 2022

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      First EAN Science School proves a hit in Salzburg

      April 1, 2022

      Scientific Corner

      Invitation to the EAN-EBRAINS Joint Workshop on ‘The Future of Medical Data Sharing in Clinical Neurosciences’

      July 2, 2021

      Scientific Corner

      1st EAN Science School, 26-29 March 2022: “Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system”

      June 18, 2021

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      June 25, 2022

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      Publication of European Training Requirements for Neurology – Update 2021

      June 24, 2022

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      23rd EAN Spring School – Report

      June 24, 2022

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      EAN Campus: Your source for online neurology education!

      June 24, 2022

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      EAN Campus: Your source for online neurology education!

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      June 24, 2022

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      August 12, 2021

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      April 1, 2021

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      June 2, 2022

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      May 20, 2022

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      May 11, 2022

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      March 14, 2022

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      May 1, 2021

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      EBRA launches 3rd call for clusters

      May 1, 2020

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      February 28, 2020

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      April 1, 2019

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      October 2, 2017

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      July 1, 2016

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      Ebrain granted Royal College of Physicians (UK) CPD/CME accreditation

      July 1, 2016

      Grand Rounds

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      February 1, 2016

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      RRFS Special Session – Unveiling research in Neurology: differences between basic, clinical and translational

      June 25, 2022

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      23rd EAN Spring School – Report

      June 24, 2022

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      June 3, 2022

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      Mentor/mentee pairs matched in second round of EAN Mentorship Programme

      April 25, 2022

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      May 9, 2022

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      April 12, 2022

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      April 12, 2022

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      March 21, 2022

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      23rd EAN Spring School – Report

      June 24, 2022

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      EAN Mentorship programme workshop at EAN 2022

      June 3, 2022

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      The BrainChallenge 2022 – back in person!

      May 27, 2022

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      May 25, 2022

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      June 7, 2022

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      May 25, 2022

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      May 25, 2022

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      May 17, 2022

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      June 7, 2022

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      April 4, 2022

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      January 28, 2022

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      January 3, 2022

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      June 18, 2021

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      November 1, 2019

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      October 29, 2019

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      October 1, 2019

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      April 5, 2022

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      Look back at scientific highlights of ECTRIMS 2021

      February 9, 2022

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      Austrian Society of Neurology meeting in-person in March 2022

      November 30, 2021

      News from EAN member societies

      Alzheimer Europe co-authors paper on dementia risk communication

      November 29, 2021

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      Value of Treatment project releases results and calls to action

      March 29, 2022

      EBC

      Best practices for patient safety: An EU-wide view on the use of medicines off-label

      December 31, 2021

      EBC

      Creating synergies and showcasing innovation: Brain Innovation Days 2021

      November 30, 2021

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      October 28, 2021

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      OneNeurology European Summit underlines urgent need to prioritise neurology and drive change

      December 31, 2021

      EFNA

      EFNA launch eLearning Platform for neurology advocates

      February 1, 2021

      EFNA

      ‘Me and My Brain’ – Art Competition winners announced!

      February 1, 2021

      EFNA

      Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on neurology service delivery

      November 1, 2020

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      EAN lecture at the International Neuro-Urology Society annual congress 2022

      May 25, 2022

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      EPA-EAN Joint Symposium: ‘Etiology and Treatment of the Long Covid-19 Syndrome’ and other highlights at the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry

      May 25, 2022

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      May 17, 2022

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      March 29, 2022

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      March 2, 2020

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      January 9, 2020

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      January 3, 2020

      Patients societies reports

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      January 2, 2020

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      Survey: management of covert brain infarction

      October 29, 2021

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      Driving with an intracranial tumor

      July 13, 2020

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      SURVEY: Driving with an intracranial tumor

      June 25, 2020

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      EAN SURVEY: Neurological Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients

      April 10, 2020

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      Call for Applications: e-Learning Platform Editor-in-Chief

      August 4, 2020

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      Neurological News from Denmark VI – the land of the 2nd EAN congress 2016: Pain Research in Denmark from a neurological perspective

      April 1, 2016

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      Neurological News from Denmark V – the land of the 2nd EAN congress 2016: Clinical Dementia Research in Denmark

      March 1, 2016

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      Updated recommendations to minimise the risk of the rare brain infection PML with Tysabri – Comment to EMA recommendation

      March 1, 2016

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      June 28, 2022

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      EAN/EBC Session: 20 years of advocacy for the brain

      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

      June 28, 2022

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      Executive Page: packed programme for our happy reunion at EAN 2022 in Vienna

      June 3, 2022

      Executive Page Dear EAN members, dear friends, It is my pleasure to give you an update on behalf of the EAN Scientific Committee following a busy year since my appointment as chair. It has been a privilege to be so deeply involved in the scientific activities of the EAN and to work closely with an amazing community of people who are so dedicated to the advancement of neurology. One of the strongest threads within that community is the EAN’s group of Scientific Panels, which are often referred to as the organisation’s ‘scientific backbone’. The panels have a hand in everything the EAN does from a scientific point of view, including coordinating clinical research, disseminating good practice, assisting in planning the EAN annual congress, supporting the EAN’s educational efforts, and producing guidelines that assist neurologists in daily practice. All of this work requires a considerable amount of oversight, and this is why each panel is run by its own Management Group, elected by the panel members. Being a part of one of these Management Groups (PDF) is an opportunity to play a direct part in determining the direction of scientific progress within Europe, and I am excited to say that the call for applications to stand for election will be announced in September. All panel members and EAN individual members are eligible to apply to be candidates, with the vote being held among the existing panel members in autumn. I would like to urge every neurologist with a passion for the scientific future of their special area of interest to consider standing for election to the relevant Management Group and to look out for the call for applications later this month. I can tell you from personal experience that fulfilling a role such as this within the structure of the EAN is a fascinating and extremely rewarding experience. The chance to take on such a unique leadership position should not be missed! The most satisfying aspect of being involved in the EAN’s organisational structure is surely seeing all the hard work and planning come to fruition when a small idea evolves into a newly launched project. One such example is the 1st EAN Science School, taking place in Salzburg next March. The idea of the Science School is to offer early career neurologists with an interest in translational research a new avenue for learning about basic pathomechanisms of neurological disorders. Application for this very first edition, on ‘Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system’, closed last week and we have been delighted with the level of interest. It was a pleasure to be part of the task force in charge of planning this new project and I look forward to seeing it officially transferred to the hands of the Scientific Committee after a successful event and evaluation in spring. Of our ongoing activities, one of the most significant is the EAN Neuro-covid Registry, which aims to collate epidemiological data on neurological manifestations in patients with COVID-19 infection reported by neurologists in outpatient services, emergency rooms, and hospital departments. We currently have 1,542 patients entered in the database, from 35 centres across 23 countries. So far, 29 patients have been followed for 12 months and 387 have completed the 6-months follow up. This is a decent start, but I would like to strongly encourage EAN members and their institutions to get involved and contribute cases to what will become an invaluable resource for neurologists and clinicians to improve care for Covid-19 patients. Finally, I would like share a word on a forthcoming collaboration between EAN and the Human Brain Project in December, that I think will interest a lot of EAN members. The EAN-EBRAINS joint workshop on ‘The future of medical data sharing in clinical neurosciences’ will be a three-day virtual event that aims to discuss issues and challenges associated with data sharing in Europe, from ethics to data safety and privacy, including those specific to data federation, such as the development and validation of federated algorithms. The whole workshop is completely free of charge and registration is open until 25 November, so please check out the details and sign up! I wish you all a healthy and pleasant autumn and I look forward to updating you again. Best wishes Thomas Berger Chair of the EAN Scientific Committee

      Executive Page: Join the EAN Panels and reinforce our scientific backbone! (Plus ENERGY update, and our first Science School)

      May 1, 2022

      Executive Page

      Executive Page: National societies, our key partners on the path to progress

      April 6, 2022

      Executive Page

      EAN Statement in support of Ukraine

      March 18, 2022

      Paper of the Month

      Research Paper of the Month: Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy with and without Alzheimer’s dementia: population based cohort study

      June 3, 2022

      Paper of the Month

      Covid-19 Paper of the month: Postmortem Assessment of Olfactory Tissue Degeneration and Microvasculopathy in Patients with COVID-19

      June 3, 2022

      Paper of the Month

      Research Paper of the Month: Prion protein monoclonal antibody (PRN100) therapy for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: evaluation of a first-in-human treatment programme

      May 1, 2022

      Paper of the Month

      Covid-19 Paper of the month: Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 infection among patients with Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment

      May 1, 2022

      EAN News

      EAN/WBP The relevance of gender and diversity in neurology: Why should I care?

      June 28, 2022

      EAN News

      Symposium 8 – Coma – what’s new?

      June 28, 2022

      EAN News

      EAN/EBC Session: 20 years of advocacy for the brain

      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

      June 28, 2022

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      EAN/WBP The relevance of gender and diversity in neurology: Why should I care?

      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 8 – Coma – what’s new?

      June 28, 2022

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      EAN/EBC Session: 20 years of advocacy for the brain

      June 28, 2022

      EAN Congress news

      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

      June 28, 2022

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      COVID-19 Breaking News: Observational studies – prospective longitudinal cohort – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

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      COVID-19 Breaking News: Case Series/Case Reports – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Literature Reviews – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

      COVID-19

      COVID-19 Breaking News: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

      Interviews

      Video Interview: EAN Opening Lecturer, Baroness Susan Greenfield

      June 27, 2022

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      Video Interview: Bo Norrving, Moritz Romberg Lecturer at EAN 2022

      June 27, 2022

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      Video Interview: Kailash Bhatia, C. Brown-Séquard Lecturer at EAN 2022

      June 26, 2022

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      Video Interview: Hans Lassmann, Camilio Golgi Lecturer at EAN 2022

      June 26, 2022

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      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 8 – Coma – what’s new?

      June 28, 2022

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      EAN/EBC Session: 20 years of advocacy for the brain

      June 28, 2022

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      Symposium 7: Cognitive deficit and dementia: beyond neurodegenerative diseases

      June 28, 2022

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      June 8, 2022

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      COVID-19 Breaking News: Case Series/Case Reports – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

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      COVID-19 Breaking News: Literature Reviews – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

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      COVID-19 Breaking News: Meta-analyses/systematic reviews – June 2022

      June 8, 2022

      Neurology updates

      Neurology Update: Palliative care

      July 6, 2021

      Neurology updates

      Neurology Update: Clinical Neurophysiology

      June 2, 2021

      Neurology updates Hannover Medical School

      Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy – promising therapeutic approach with allogeneic BK virus-specific T cells

      May 17, 2021

      Neurology updates

      Neurology Update: Neuroimmunology

      May 12, 2021

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Didier Leys

      April 1, 2020

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Rigmor Hojland

      February 26, 2020

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Christian Enzinger

      December 1, 2019

      Scientific committee reports

      Scientific Committee Snapshot: Maurizio Leone

      November 1, 2019

      Scientific panels reports

      Coma and DOC Panel Update (May-June): news from the EAN Virtual Congress, personalized pain assessment, NIRS-EEG and machine learning to predict outcomes, prevalence of swallowing disorders and new multimodal predictive algorithms.

      August 11, 2020

      Scientific panels reports

      Statement of the EAN Sleep-Wake-Panel

      June 3, 2020

      Scientific panels reports

      Rare Neurological Diseases in the COVID-19 era: Suggestions for information to patients and caregivers

      May 13, 2020

      Scientific panels reports

      Scentific Panel of the Month: Higher Cortical Functions

      March 2, 2020

      Eur J Neurol

      EAN NeuroCOVID-19 Task Force position paper on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among people with chronic neurological disorders

      May 2, 2022

      Eur J Neurol

      European Journal of Neurology welcomes new associate editors

      December 13, 2021

      Eur J Neurol

      New European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children

      June 30, 2021

      Eur J Neurol

      EAN is proud to announce the 2020 Virtual Master Classes Christmas Special

      November 13, 2020

      Top 10 Articles

      EAN is proud to announce the 2020 Virtual Master Classes Christmas Special

      November 13, 2020

      Top 10 Articles

      EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY – TOP 15 ARTICLES 2018

      February 1, 2019

      Top 10 Articles

      Interview with Prof. Patrick Cras – UEMS Section of Neurology (SN)

      February 3, 2018

      Top 10 Articles

      Interview with Mr. Bertrand Daval and Mrs. Nathalie Paulus

      February 3, 2018

      Scientific Corner

      Join the EAN Guideline Workshop on 24 June!

      May 13, 2022

      Scientific Corner

      First EAN Science School proves a hit in Salzburg

      April 1, 2022

      Scientific Corner

      Invitation to the EAN-EBRAINS Joint Workshop on ‘The Future of Medical Data Sharing in Clinical Neurosciences’

      July 2, 2021

      Scientific Corner

      1st EAN Science School, 26-29 March 2022: “Pathophysiology of disorders of the nervous system”

      June 18, 2021

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by Julia Ferrari

Worldwide stroke is the second most common cause of death in developed countries. In Austria the incidence rate of stroke is 2.1 – 2.3 per thousand annually [1,2], implying that a stroke occurs every 26 minutes.

Austria has 8.4 million residents, approximately 84,000km² and 9 provinces. The Austrian health system is a federal system, also financed by the regional government and social security institutions.

Two strategies for the treatment of acute stroke were shown to be effective: first, the use of stroke unit care [3] and second, the application of thrombolysis as treatment for acute ischemic stroke. Austrian law requires the ready availability of both for acute stroke patients. As thrombolysis needs to be administered early after stroke, the availability of comprehensive stroke units throughout the country has been planned at a very early stage (Brainin, Steiner 2003, and Steiner, Brainin 2003). At least 40 stroke units are planned to be available by the year 2015 in Austria. Presently, 35 Stroke Units are functional. The set up of stroke units was planned according to transport times (isochrones) in order to ensure that patients can reach any given stroke unit within 45 minutes.

Recently the European Stroke Organisation has redefined a European concept for a comprehensive and a standard stroke unit [6]. On the basis of such definitions the ESO has conducted an international expert survey of elements recommended to be available in comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers as well as any hospital ward admitting acute stroke patients on a routine basis [3,4,6]. In Austria, due to predefined structural and process quality markers all stroke units are quite similar. They either fulfill the criteria for primary stroke centers and otherwise the criteria for comprehensive stroke units . The only exception is endovascular therapy, which presently is not available in all stroke units. Another specific requirement in Austria is that stroke units are exclusively established within neurological departments.

From 2003 onward, the quality of Austrian stroke care is being documented by a central institution in the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry. This online registry is monitored by the institution on behalf of the government and its purpose is to guarantee equal quality of care throughout Austria. [7,8]

The Austrian Stroke Unit Registry became the first nation-wide quality assessment project, and was rendered possible by the fact that persons in charge of the stroke units agreed to prospectively document their data without additional reimbursement. This was driven by the enthusiastic response to the creation of such a network as well as the possibility to enable more research. Target values for relevant parameters of stroke care were defined in 2002, in order to achieve transparency and comparability. These parameters included the number of admissions per year, various intervals (such as the time from the onset of symptoms to admission at stroke unit; the time from admission to the first brain imaging or the time from admission at the stroke unit to thrombolysis), the number of ischemic stroke patients who received thrombolysis and complication rates. Every stroke unit is provided with online access to its own data and the possibility to compare their data (online) with anonymous data from other centers. The purpose of such online benchmarking is to achieve uniform high quality medical care over time. The entry of data in the stroke registry was voluntary, but is obligatory from 2012 onward. Annual benchmark conferences are held under the auspices of the Austrian Stroke Society in order to review the performance of the network as well as every single component and to update and improve performance for the next period.

Among specialists of stroke medicine it is a prevailing opinion that the stroke unit system in Austria is one of the best in the world (see Editorial: an acute need for better stroke care. Lancet Neurol,6:571,2007)[5]. In the meantime, a number of high quality publications have reported the effects of performance within the Austrian Stroke Unit Network (in PubMed see under: “austrian stroke unit registry”). It is well noted, that Austria has reached a high overall thrombolysis rate of more than 18%. This partly belongs to a high quality performance induced by benchmarking criteria adaptation.

In conclusion, The Austrian Stroke Unit Registry is a comprehensive and high quality nationwide database on the treatment and care of patients in stroke units. Especially the high participation rates contribute to the value of the data. It seems that the collection, analysis and comparison of outcome results – based on the registry – contribute to quality improvement in the participating hospitals.

Using nationwide outcome quality registries based on a standardised process contributes to quality assurance and improvement.

1. Truelsen et al.: Stroke incidence and prevalence in Europe: a review of available data European Journal of Neurology 2006, Volume 13, Issue 6, pages 581–598
2. Brainin M, Dachenhausen A, Steiner M: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, January 2003, Volume 153, Issue 1-2, pp 3-5
3. Leys D, Ringelstein EB, Kaste M, Hacke W for the European Stroke Initiative (EUSI) Executive Committee: Facilities available in European hospitals treating stroke patients. Stroke 2007; 38: 2985-2991.
4. Ringelstein EB, Meckes-Ferber S, Hacke W, Kaste M, Brainin M and Leys D for the European Stroke Initiative (EUSI) Executive Committee. European Stroke Facilities Survey: The German and Austrian Perspective. Cerebrovasc Dis 2009; 27: 138-145
5. An acute need for better stroke care. Lancet Neurol. 2007 Jul;6(7):571.
6. Ringelstein EB, Chamorro A, Kaste M, et al for the ESO Stroke Unit Certification Committee. European Stroke Organisation Recommendations to Establish a Stroke Unit and Stroke Center. Stroke (in press)
7. Steiner M, Brainin M, for the participants in the Austrian Stroke Registry for Acute Stroke Units. The quality of acute stroke units on a nation-wide level: the Austrian Stroke Registry for acute stroke units. Eur. J. Neurol. 2003;10(4):353–360.
8. Brainin M, Steiner M: Acute stroke units in Austria are being set up on a national level following evidence-based recommendations and structural quality criteria. Cerebrovasc Dis 2003; 15 (Suppl 1) 29-32

Julia Ferrari is neurologist working at the Department of Neurology, KH der Barmherzigen Brüder in Vienna, Austria.

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