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. 2015 Feb;25(1):3-13.
doi: 10.1089/cap.2014.0084. Epub 2014 Oct 17.

Clinical evaluation of youth with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS): recommendations from the 2013 PANS Consensus Conference

Kiki Chang  1 , Jennifer Frankovich, Michael Cooperstock, Madeleine W Cunningham, M Elizabeth Latimer, Tanya K Murphy, Mark Pasternack, Margo Thienemann, Kyle Williams, Jolan Walter, Susan E Swedo; PANS Collaborative Consortium
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Clinical evaluation of youth with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS): recommendations from the 2013 PANS Consensus Conference

Kiki Chang et al. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

On May 23 and 24, 2013, the First PANS Consensus Conference was convened at Stanford University, calling together a geographically diverse group of clinicians and researchers from complementary fields of pediatrics: General and developmental pediatrics, infectious diseases, immunology, rheumatology, neurology, and child psychiatry. Participants were academicians with clinical and research interests in pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcus (PANDAS) in youth, and the larger category of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). The goals were to clarify the diagnostic boundaries of PANS, to develop systematic strategies for evaluation of suspected PANS cases, and to set forth the most urgently needed studies in this field. Presented here is a consensus statement proposing recommendations for the diagnostic evaluation of youth presenting with PANS.

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