October 3 2017 Issue

Show description/summary:1) Functional impairments for outcomes in a randomized trial of of unruptured brain AVMs2) What's Trending: Hurricane Harvey and patient care in TexasThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the October 3, 2017, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Andrew Southerland talks with Dr. JP Mohr about his paper on functional impairment outcome measurements in a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Aziz Shaibani on Hurricane Harvey and its effect on patient care in Texas. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Southerland serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology; receives research support from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Health Resources Services Administration and the NIH; has a provisional patent application titled: "Method, system and computer readable medium for improving treatment times for rapid evaluation of acute stroke via mobile telemedicine;" and gave legal expert review.Dr. Mohr serves as Associate Editor for History of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease; has consulted for Schering-Plough; has given expert testimony on unruptured brain AVMs; and has received research support from NINDS associated with the ARUBA trial. Dr. Crowell reports no disclosures.Dr. Shaibani is President-Elect for the Texas Neurology Society.