European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines on Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS).

ABSTRACT: The European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline on Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS), developed according to ESO standard operating procedures (SOP) and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology, was elaborated to assist clinicians in the diagnostic and treatment pathway of patients with PACNS in their decision making. A working group involving vascular neurologists, neuroradiologists, rheumatologists, a neuropathologist and a methodologist identified 17 relevant clinical questions; these were addressed according to the patient/population, intervention, comparison and outcomes (PICO) framework and systematic literature reviews were performed. Notably, each PICO was addressed with respect to large vessel (LV)-PACNS and small

SUBMITTER: Pascarella R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683718 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature