Factors associated with six-month outcome of pediatric stroke

Abstract

Background: Pediatric stroke outcome studies are often cross sectional in design. Prospective information regarding the clinical course following diagnosis is lacking, but may inform clinical management beyond the acute period. Aims: To describe the outcome of arterial ischemic stroke in infants, children and adolescents at one-month and six-months post-stroke across health domains, and explore the relationship between lesion characteristics and early outcome with six-month adaptive behavior. Methods: A single center prospective longitudinal study at a tertiary level children's hospital. Recruitment was undertaken from December 2007 to January 2012. Participants were children aged birth to 1..