Pediatric stroke is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in children. There is a
paucity of clinical trials pertaining to pediatric stroke management, and solidified universal …

Pediatric stroke is a cerebrovascular event occurring between 14 weeks of gestation and 18
years of life. It occurs in more than eight children per 100,000 per year [1], with 5% to 10 …

Strokes are more commonly seen in adults but also occur in the pediatric population. Similar
to adult strokes, pediatric strokes are considered medical emergencies and require prompt …

Introduction Pediatric stroke, while increasingly recognized among practitioners as a
clinically significant, albeit infrequent entity, remains challenging from the viewpoint of …

Stroke is a heterogeneous disorder and an important cause of mortality and chronic
morbidity in children. Estimates of international incidence rates for childhood stroke have …

Childhood stroke is not as common as adult stroke, but it is underrecognized the world over.
Diagnosis is often delayed due to lack of awareness not only by the lay public but also by …

Stroke in children is rarely due to traditional stroke risk factors such as hypertension and
diabetes. Rather, stroke in this patient group typically results from the simultaneous …

The past two decades have seen a renewed interest and focus in pediatric stroke. Although
pediatric stroke in its various guises (acute infantile hemiplegia, hemiplegic cerebral palsy …

Stroke is a sudden onset neurological deficit due to a cerebrovascular event. In children, the
recognition of stroke is often delayed due to the low incidence of stroke and the lack of …

Jorina Elbers, MD, MS1, Mark S. Wainwright, MD, PhD2, and Catherine Amlie-Lefond, MD3
Stroke in children is estimated to occur as frequently as brain tumors, and acute …