Imaging Predictors of Neurologic Outcome After Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

To assess whether initial imaging characteristics independently predict 1-year neurological outcomes in childhood arterial ischemic stroke patients.

Methods

We used prospectively collected demographic and clinical data, imaging data, and 1-year outcomes from the VIPS study (Vascular Effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke). In 288 patients with first-time stroke, we measured infarct volume and location on the acute magnetic resonance imaging studies and hemorrhagic transformation on brain imaging studies during the acute presentation. Neurological outcome was assessed with the Pediatric Stroke Outcome Measure. We used univariate and multivariable ordinal logistic regression models to test the association between imaging characteristics and outcome.

SUBMITTER: Jiang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature