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There are few clinical guidelines for paediatric stroke. However, there are a number of reviews of paediatric stroke that may also help guide clinical management.
Guidelines American Heart Association Stroke Council & the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: Management of Stroke in Infants and Children (2008). A comprehensive guideline that encompasses ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. Royal College of Physicians (UK) 2004. Stroke in Childhood. Clinical Guidelines. A detailed guideline that considers the diagnosis, management and rehabilitation of arterial ishaemic stroke. Monagle P, et al. Antithrombotic Therapy in Children: the Seventh ACCP conference on antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy. Chest 2004;126:645S–687S A guideline concerning many aspects of antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy but with substantial sections referring to stroke. Monangle P, et al. Antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Chest. 2008;133(6 Suppl):887S-968S An update to the above guideline. Deveber G, Kirkham F. Guidelines for the treatment and prevention of stroke in children. Lancet Neurol 2008;7(11):983-5. A review and comparison of the RCP, Chest and AHA guidelines. deVeber G. In pursuit of evidence-based treatments for paediatric stroke: the UK and Chest guidelines. Lancet Neurology 2005;4:432-436 A review and comparison of the RCP and Chest guidelines. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - Guideline Apprasial : Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Stroke in Children. An appraisal of the RCP guideline. Review Articles Pappachan J, Kirkham FJ. Cerebrovascular disease and stroke. Arch Dis Child 2008;93(10):890-8 Bernard TJ, Goldenberg NA, Armstrong-Wells J, Amlie-Lefond C, Fullerton HJ. Treatment of childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Ann Neurol. 2008;63:679-96 Amlie-Lefond C, Sébire G, Fullerton HJ. Recent developments in childhood arterial ischaemic stroke. Lancet Neurol. 2008;7:425-35 Seidman C, Kirkham F, Pavlakis S. Pediatric stroke: current developments. Curr Opin Pediatr 2007;19:657-62 Jordan LC, Hillis AE. Hemorrhagic stroke in children. Pediatr Neurol 2007;36:73-80 Jordan LC. Stroke in childhood. The Neurologist 2006;12:94-102 Kirkham FJ, Sébire G, Steinlin M, Sträter R. Arterial ischaemic stroke in children. Review of the literature and strategies for future stroke studies. Thrombosis and haemostasis 2004;92:697-706 Lynch JK. Cerebrovascular disorders in children. Current neurology and neuroscience reports 2004;4:129-38 Kirkham FJ. Stroke and cerebrovascular disease in childhood. Curr Paediatrics 2003;13:350-359 deVeber G. Stroke and the child's brain: an overview of epidemiology, syndromes and risk factors. Curr Opin Neuro 2002;15:133-8. Kirkham FJ. Stroke in childhood. Arch Dis Child 1999;81:85-89 |
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