International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis: Executive summary

Donald B. Sanders, Gil I. Wolfe, Michael Benatar, Amelia Evoli Stampanoni-B, Nils E. Gilhus, Isabel Illa, Nancy Kuntz, Janice M. Massey, Arthur Melms, Hiroyuki Murai, Michael Nicolle, Jacqueline Palace, David P. Richman, Jan Verschuuren, Pushpa Narayanaswami

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivistapeer review

313 Citazioni (Scopus)

Abstract

Objective: To develop formal consensus-based guidance for the management of myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods: In October 2013, the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America appointed a Task Force to develop treatment guidance for MG, and a panel of 15 international experts was convened. The RAND/UCLA appropriateness methodology was used to develop consensus guidance statements. Definitions were developed for goals of treatment, minimal manifestations, remission, ocular MG, impending crisis, crisis, and refractory MG. An in-person panel meeting then determined 7 treatment topics to be addressed. Initial guidance statements were developed from literature summaries. Three rounds of anonymous e-mail votes were used to attain consensus on guidance statements modified on the basis of panel input. Results: Guidance statements were developed for symptomatic and immunosuppressive treatments, IV immunoglobulin and plasma exchange, management of impending and manifest myasthenic crisis, thymectomy, juvenile MG, MG associated with antibodies to muscle-specific tyrosine kinase, and MG in pregnancy. Conclusion: This is an international formal consensus of MG experts intended to be a guide for clinicians caring for patients with MG worldwide.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)419-425
Numero di pagine7
RivistaNeurology
Volume87
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2016

Keywords

  • Myasthenia gravis, thymectomy, immunosuppressive therapy

Fingerprint

Entra nei temi di ricerca di 'International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis: Executive summary'. Insieme formano una fingerprint unica.

Cita questo