Consensus recommendations on the management of multiple sclerosis patients in Argentina.

INTRODUCTION: During the last 20 years, multiple sclerosis (MS) disease has seen major changes with new diagnostic criteria, a better identification of disease phenotypes, individualization of disease prognosis and the appearance of new therapeutic options in relapsing remitting as well as progressive MS. As a result, the management of MS patients has become more complex and challenging. The objective of these consensus recommendations was to review how the disease should be managed in Argentina to improve long-term outcomes in MS patients. METHODS: A panel of 36 experts in neurology from Argentina, dedicated to the diagnosis and care of MS patients, gathered both virtually and in person during 2018 and 2019 to carry out a consensus recommendation on the management of MS patients in Argentina. To achieve consensus, the methodology of "formal consensus-RAND/UCLA method" was used. RESULTS: Recommendations focused on diagnosis, disease prognosis, tailored treatment, treatment failure identification and pharmacovigilance process. CONCLUSIONS: The recommendations of these consensus guidelines attempt to optimize the health care and management of patients with MS in Argentina.

Argentinean recommendations on the identification of treatment failure in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients.

One of the biggest challenges in multiple sclerosis (MS) is the definition of treatment response/failure in order to optimize treatment decisions in affected patients. The objective of this consensus was to review how disease activity should be assessed and to propose recommendations on the identification of treatment failure in RRMS patients in Argentina. METHODS: A panel of experts in neurology from Argentina, dedicated to the diagnosis and care of MS patients, gathered both virtually and in person during 2016 and 2017 to carry out a consensus recommendation on the identification of treatment failure in RRMS patients. To achieve consensus, the methodology of "formal consensus-RAND/UCLA method" was used. RESULTS: Recommendations were established based on published evidence and the expert opinion. Recommendations focused on disease management, disease activity markers and treatment failure identification were determined. Main consensus were: ≥2 relapses during the first year of treatment and/or ≥3 new or enlarged T2 or T1 GAD+ lesions and/or sustained increase of ≥2 points in EDSS or ≥100% in T25FW defines treatment failure in RRMS patients. CONCLUSIONS: The recommendations of this consensus guidelines attempts to optimize the health care and management of patients with MS in Argentina.

[Primary cephaleas. A revision of their diagnosis and therapeutic approach]. / Cefaleas primarias. Revision de criterios diagnósticos y abordajes terapéuticos.

UNLABELLED: This review focuses on primary headaches, its diagnosis and treatment. For the IHS specialists they are: migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), cluster and others. Migraine: the second in prevalence and the first in morbility, clinical features and differences between migraine with (Ma) and without aura (Mo). EPIDEMIOLOGY: 10% prevalence and 3:1 women to men proportion. Patophysiology: primary central nociception disorder with secondary vascular involvement. TREATMENT: specific and non-specific, acute and preventive. Psychiatric disorders and migraine: there is evidence of clinical and pharmacological links, mainly between Ma and several psychiatric disorders. Migraine in childrens: important clinical and therapeutic differences from adult, importance of family approach. Migraine and hormones: the importance of estrogen drop, as trigger factor, treatment. Migraine and epilepsy: both shares neuronal hyperexcitability pattern. Migraine and stroke: vascular and ischemic factors involved. Evidence-based medicine: improves treatment's results and studies outcome evaluation. TTH: first in prevalence, still highly subdiagnosed. Main clinical presentations: episodic and chronic. EPIDEMIOLOGY: slight female preponderance. Patophysiology and trigger factors: the role of limbic nociceptive system, sedentarism stress and muscular tension. TREATMENT: pharmacological and non-pharmacological. Cluster headache: low prevalence but high daily-living activities impact, effective treatment. Other primary headaches: variability of trigger factors and role of desensitization process. CONCLUSION: we remark the complexity of headache and the of physicians' role: to relief patients suffering, throughout a precise diagnosis and treatment.

Cefaleas primarias revisión de criterios diagnósticos y abordajes terapéuticos / Primary cephaleas: a revision of its diagnosis and therapeutic approach

Esta revisión aborda las cefaleas primarias, su diagnóstico y tratamiento. Para la IHS son: migraña, cefalea tensional, cluster y otros. Migraña: La segunda en prevalencia y la de mayor morbilidad, el aura diferencia la migraña con aura (Mca) de la sin aura (Msa). Epidemiología: prevalencia 10% con una relación 3: 1 mujer-hombre. Fisiopatología: es un trastorno nociceptivo central primario, con compromiso secundario vascular. Tratamiento: específico y no específico, tanto de las crisis como preventivo. Trastornos psiquiátricos y migraña: existe evidencia de correlación clínico patológica y farmacológica mayormente entre Mca y diversas patologías psiquiátricas. Migraña en el niño: se presenta con diferencias clínicas responde a otra farmacoterapia y es de gran importancia el enfoque familiar. Migraña y hormonas: el principal factor hormonal relacionado a la migraña es la caída hormonal. Migraña y epilepsia: comparte la hiperexcitabilidad cerebral y medicación. Migraña y enfermedad cerebrovascular: factores vasculares e isquémicos comunes. Medicina basada en la evidencia: supone un importante avance en la medición de la efectividad de los tratamientos. Cefalea tensional: la más frecuente de todas las cefaleas, subdiagnosticada. Diferencias entre episódica y crónica. Epidemiología: leve preponderancia femenina. Fisiopatología y factores influyentes: destaca el rol del sistema nociceptivo, el sedentarismo, el estrés y la tensión muscular. Tratamiento: farmacológico y no farmacológico. Cefalea en racimo: de menor prevalencia pero con clínica frondosa, muy invalidante pero con tratamiento efectivo. Otras cefaleas primarias: es importante desensibilizar de los factores desencadenantes. Conclusión: rescatamos conceptos sobre la tarea del médico de aliviar el sufrimiento del paciente, a través de un diagnóstico y un tratamiento adecuados.

This review focuses on primary headaches, its diagnosis and treatment. For the IHS specialists they are: migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), cluster and others. Migraine: the second in prevalence and the first in morbility, clinical features and differences between migraine with (Ma) and without aura (Mo). Epidemiology: 10% prevalence and 3: 1 women to men proportion. Patophysiology: primary central nociception disorder with secondary vascular involvement. Treatment: specific and non-specific, acute and preventive. Psychiatric disorders and migraine: there is evidence of clinical and pharmacologicallinks, mainly between Ma and several psychiatric disorders. Migraine in children’s: important clinical and therapeutic differences from adult, importance of family approach. Migraine and hormones: the importance of estrogens drops, as trigger factor, treatment. Migraine and epilepsy: both shares neuronal hyperexcitability pattern. Migraine and stroke: vascular and ischemic factors involved. Evidence-based medicine: improves treatment's results and studies outcome evaluation. TTH: first in prevalence, still highly sub diagnosed. Main clinical presentations: episodic and chronic. Epidemiology: slight female preponderance. Patophysiology and trigger factors: the role of limbic nociceptive system, sedentarism stress and muscular tension. Treatment: pharmacological and non-pharmacological. Cluster headache: low prevalence but high daily-living activities impact, effective treatment. Other primary headaches: variability of trigger factors and role of desensitization process. Conclusion: we remark the complexity of headache and the of physicians' role: to relief patients suffering, throughout a precise diagnosis and treatment.