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Sporns PB, Fullerton HJ, Lee S, Kim H, Lo WD, Mackay MT, Wildgruber M. Childhood stroke. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2022; 8:12. [PMID: 35210461 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-022-00337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Stroke is an important cause of neurological morbidity in children; most survivors have permanent neurological deficits that affect the remainder of their life. Stroke in childhood, the focus of this Primer, is distinguished from perinatal stroke, defined as stroke before 29 days of age, because of its unique pathogenesis reflecting the maternal-fetal unit. Although approximately 15% of strokes in adults are haemorrhagic, half of incident strokes in children are haemorrhagic and half are ischaemic. The causes of childhood stroke are distinct from those in adults. Urgent brain imaging is essential to confirm the stroke diagnosis and guide decisions about hyperacute therapies. Secondary stroke prevention strongly depends on the underlying aetiology. While the past decade has seen substantial advances in paediatric stroke research, the quality of evidence for interventions, such as the rapid reperfusion therapies that have revolutionized arterial ischaemic stroke care in adults, remains low. Substantial time delays in diagnosis and treatment continue to challenge best possible care. Effective primary stroke prevention strategies in children with sickle cell disease represent a major success, yet barriers to implementation persist. The multidisciplinary members of the International Pediatric Stroke Organization are coordinating global efforts to tackle these challenges and improve the outcomes in children with cerebrovascular disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Peter B Sporns
- Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Departments of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Cerebrovascular Research, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Munich, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Mastrangelo M, Giordo L, Ricciardi G, De Michele M, Toni D, Leuzzi V. Acute ischemic stroke in childhood: a comprehensive review. Eur J Pediatr 2022; 181:45-58. [PMID: 34327611 PMCID: PMC8760225 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-021-04212-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This review provides an updated analysis of the main aspects involving the diagnosis and the management of children with acute ischemic stroke. Acute ischemic stroke is an emergency of rare occurrence in children (rate of incidence of 1/3500 live birth in newborns and 1-2/100,000 per year during childhood with peaks of incidence during the perinatal period, under the age of 5 and in adolescence). The management of ischemic stroke in the paediatric age is often challenging because of pleomorphic age-dependent risk factors and aetiologies, high frequency of subtle or atypical clinical presentation, and lacking evidence-based data about acute recanalization therapies. Each pediatric tertiary centre should activate adequate institutional protocols for the optimization of diagnostic work-up and treatments.Conclusion: The implementation of institutional standard operating procedures, summarizing the steps for the selection of candidate for neuroimaging among the ones presenting with acute neurological symptoms, may contribute to shorten the times for thrombolysis and/or endovascular treatments and to improve the long-term outcome. What is Known: •Acute ischemic stroke has a higher incidence in newborns than in older children (1/3500 live birth versus 1-2/100,000 per year). •Randomized clinical trial assessing safety and efficacy of thrombolysis and/or endovascular treatment were never performed in children What is New: •Recent studies evidenced a low risk (2.1% of the cases) of intracranial haemorrhages in children treated with thrombolysis. •A faster access to neuroimaging and hyper-acute therapies was associated with the implementation of institutional protocols for the emergency management of pediatric stroke.
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- Mario Mastrangelo
- Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry Unit, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry Unit, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry Unit, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department Stroke Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department Stroke Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry Unit, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Henzi BC, Brotschi B, Balmer C, Hennig B, Rimensberger P, Perez MH, Pfammatter JP, Beghetti M, Sekarski N, Datta AN, Fluss J, Faignart N, Hackenberg A, Regényi M, Steinlin M, Hug MI. Risk Factors for Postprocedural Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children With Cardiac Disease. Stroke 2020; 51:e242-e245. [PMID: 32811375 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.029447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cardiac pathologies are the second most frequent risk factor (RF) in children with arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). This study aimed to analyze RFs for AIS in children with cardiac disease and cardiac intervention. METHODS Data were drawn from the Swiss Neuropediatric Stroke Registry. Patients with cardiac disease and postprocedural AIS registered from 2000 until 2015 were analyzed for the cause of cardiac disease and for potential RFs. RESULTS Forty-seven out of 78 children with cardiac disease had a cardiac intervention. Of these, 36 presented a postprocedural AIS. Median time from cardiac intervention to symptom onset was 4 days (interquartile range, 2-8.5); time to diagnosis of AIS was 2 days (interquartile range, 0-5.8). Main RFs for postprocedural AIS were hypotension, prosthetic cardiac material, right-to-left shunt, arrhythmias, low cardiac output, and infections. CONCLUSIONS In children with postprocedural AIS, time to diagnosis was delayed. Most patients presented multiple potentially modifiable RFs as hemodynamic alterations and infections.
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- Bettina C Henzi
- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.C.H., M.R., M.S.).,Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, University of Basel, Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland (B.C.H., A.N.D.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (B.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (C.B.)
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.H.)
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, University
Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland (P.R.)
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland (M.-H.P.)
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- Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Departments of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland (J.-P.P.)
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University Children's Hospital HUG, Pulmonary Hypertension Program HUG, Centre Universitaire Romand de Cardiologie et Chirurgie Cardiaque Pédiatrique (CURCCCP), University of Geneva, Switzerland (M.B.)
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Universitaire Romand de Cardiologie et Chirurgie Cardiaque Pediatrique (CURCCCP), Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland (N.S.)
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, University of Basel, Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland (B.C.H., A.N.D.)
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Geneva Children's Hospital, Switzerland (J.F.)
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- Pediatric Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland (N.F.)
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (A.H.)
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.C.H., M.R., M.S.)
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.C.H., M.R., M.S.)
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- Department of Neonatology, University of Basel Children's Hospital (UKBB), Switzerland (M.I.H.)
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