Urgent computed tomography angiography in paediatric stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To improve delivery of acute therapies for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS).

Method

We identified factors influencing the speed of diagnosis and delivery of acute therapies in a prospective cohort of 21 children with suspected AIS (eight with AIS, 13 stroke mimics) and explored them in a retrospective cohort with confirmed AIS.

Results

Approximately half of the prospective and total AIS cohorts presented with acute, sustained hemiparesis, and were diagnosed relatively quickly. AIS was suspected and diagnosed more slowly in the half presenting with symptoms other than sustained hemiparesis. Thirty-one out of 51 patients with AIS (19 females, 32 males, mean age 8 years 6 months, SD 5 years 4 months) had arterial abnormalities identified by computed tomography angiograph

SUBMITTER: Briest RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084210 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature