Journal article
Factors associated with six-month outcome of pediatric stroke
Anne L Gordon, Vicki Anderson, Michael Ditchfield, Lee Coleman, Mark T Mackay, Mardee Greenham, Rod W Hunt, Paul Monagle
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12489
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..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by a Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Clinical Science Theme small project grant, Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Scheme and The Stroke Foundation (Australia).