Striving toward quality metrics for pediatric stroke: time from door to diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Most pediatric stroke survivors suffer long-term impairments. To minimize injury, it is essential to quickly restore perfusion to viable brain tissue. Minimizing the time to stroke diagnosis requires recognition of a possible stroke by prehospital and emergency healthcare personnel, and rapid neuroimaging. While CT suffices for diagnosing hemorrhagic stroke, MRI is necessary to diagnose acute ischemic stroke (IS), contributing to significant diagnostic delays and potentially missed opportunities for intervention.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of children 1-14 years old with acute neurological symptoms presenting by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to the study institution from 1/2019-6/2023. We described patient characteristics and neuroimag

SUBMITTER: Pearson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12802760 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature