Acute Presentations and Management for Acute Flaccid Paralysis

1:00-1:05         Introduction

1:05-1:30        Clinical Presentation and Manifestations – when to consider AFM. Dr. Catherine E. Otten, Seattle Children’s, Seattle, WA 

1:30-1:55        Initial Evaluation for AFM. Dr. Molly Wilson-Murphy, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

1:55-2:20        ICU/symptomatic management of AFM. Dr. Becky Riggs, Oregon Health Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR 

2:20-2:45        Specimen collection and reporting for suspected AFM cases. Drs. Sarah Kidds and Adriana Lopez, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 

2:45-3:10        Neuroradiological manifestations of AFM. Dr. Steve F. Kralik, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 

3:10-3:35        Initial counseling for caregivers at the time of diagnosis of AFM. Drs. Sarah Hopkins, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Grace Gombolay, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, GA