Journal article

Australian Clinical Consensus Guideline: The diagnosis and acute management of childhood stroke

TL Medley, C Miteff, I Andrews, T Ware, M Cheung, P Monagle, S Mandelstam, A Wray, C Pridmore, C Troedson, RC Dale, M Fahey, A Sinclair, P Walsh, B Stojanovski, MT Mackay

International Journal of Stroke | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2019

Abstract

Stroke is among the top 10 causes of death in children and survivors carry resulting disabilities for decades, at substantial cost to themselves and their families. Children are not currently able to access reperfusion therapies, due to limited evidence supporting safety and efficacy and long diagnostic delays. The Australian Clinical Consensus Guideline for the Diagnosis and Acute Management of Childhood Stroke was developed to minimize unwarranted variations in care and document best evidence on the risk factors, etiologies, and conditions mimicking stroke that differ from adults. Clinical questions were formulated to inform systematic database searches from 2007 to 2017, limited to Englis..

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