guideline

This Guideline addresses a number of medical issues which neurologists and other medical doctors who are involved in the medical management of patients with dementia are confronted with on a regular basis.

  Vienna, 12-13 October 2018: First recommendation meeting of the EAN ALS guideline panel. ALS is a disease with a very high unmet medical need. There are only limited options for disease-modifying pharmacotherapy. The cornerstone of the management remains multidisciplinary… Continue Reading

Despite its large use, recommendations for the use of brain F-18 FDG-PET in clinical practice were still lacking. The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) promoted a concerted action with 7 specialists from the two Societies and a group of facilitators in order to make the point on this issue. Extensive literature review and analysis of available data led, together with expert opinion (Delphi consensus), to deliver these recommendations that cover practically all the main brain neurodegenerative conditions causing cognitive impairment.

The new CME article April 2018: “Clinical usefulness of prognostic biomarkers in optic neuritis” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and answer the questions! All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EAN… Continue Reading

The new CME article March 2018: “EAN and ESO consensus statement and practical guidance for pre-hospital management of stroke” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and answer the questions! All e-learning… Continue Reading

  The new CME article February 2018: “ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and answer the questions! All e-learning activities… Continue Reading

A new guideline on cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) diagnosis and treatment issued by the European Stroke Organization (ESO) and endorsed by the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) was recently published in ESO (long version) and EAN (abbreviated version) official journals [1, 2].

Please find below articles from Dutch authors that were published in the European Journal of Neurology.

Establishment of European standards of diagnosis, treatment and care within the various subfields of neurology is one of the most important aims of the EAN. To reach this goal, EAN has set-up a Guideline Production Group (GPG), which provides scientific assistance to active Task Forces.

Cruccu G, Garcia-Larrea L, Hansson P, Keindl M, Lefaucheur JP, Paulus W, Taylor R, Tronnier V, Truini A, Attal N. EAN guidelines on central neurostimulation therapy in chronic pain conditions. Eur J Neurol. 2016 Aug 11. Why these guidelines ?… Continue Reading

As in the previous year, Neuropenews asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, speakers etc. which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Copenhagen 2016. Please find their answers below!