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Childhood Stroke Awareness Day,
May 2, 2009 Sign up for Awareness Day Information |
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This website, KidsHaveStrokes.org, provides specific information on stroke in utero, perinatal stroke, prenatal stroke, infant stroke, and stroke in childhood. The Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association website provides information and support to the families of pediatric stroke survivors. You'll find information on therapy, dressing, school, and general support information needed by parents who face the sometimes daily challenges of raising a child with hemiplegia due to stroke. |
The Hemiplegia due to Stroke Email List - Hemi-Kids offers online support to families whose child has been diagnosed hemiplegia due to a pediatric stroke. 2009 Infant and Childhood Stroke Fact Sheet New Pediatric Stroke Hope - read stories of hope about children who have hemiplegia due to an early stroke |
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Recent Journal Abstracts Relating to Stroke in Infants or Children Pediatric Stroke Treatment Comes of Age, Sept. 2008 Cortical reorganization of language functioning following perinatal left MCA stroke, Sept. 2008 Cerebral infarction in full-term newborns: MR imaging features, Sept. 2008 Behavioral Disorders and Psycho-Social Outcome After Stroke in Children. Sept. 2008 Ischemic perinatal stroke: challenge and opportunities, Aug. 2008. The second highest risk group for developing a cerebral stroke is the perinatal period, generally defined as 20 weeks of gestation through 28th postnatal day of age. In this commentary, a brief overview of ischemic perinatal strokes is presented. Ischemic perinatal stroke (IPS) occurs at a rate of 1 : 2300 to 1 : 5000 births, accounting for 30% of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Thus, IPS is the most common known cause for CP [1-3]. Although they occur frequently, much remains to be studied about perinatal strokes in general and the ischemic variety in particular. Patterns of cerebral injury and neurodevelopmental outcomes after symptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia, Aug 2008 Management of Stroke in Infants and Children: A Scientific Statement From a Special Writing Group of the American Heart Association Stroke Council and the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Risk factors for adverse outcome in preterm infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction, June 2008 Perinatal cerebral arterial infarction associated with a placental chorioangioma, June 2008 Very early arterial ischemic stroke in premature infants Abstracts
from the International Stroke Conference Ischemic perinatal stroke: summary of a workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Sept. 2007, Maryland Perinatal stroke and the risk of developing childhood epilepsy Aug. 2007, Indiana. Childhood epilepsy is frequent after perinatal stroke. Evidence of infarction on prenatal ultrasonography and a family history of epilepsy predict earlier onset of active seizures. Prothrombotic risk factors in the evaluation and management of perinatal stroke August 2007, Boston Risk factors for perinatal arterial stroke: a study of 60 mother-child pairs August 2007, California Risk of recurrent childhood arterial ischemic stroke in a population-based cohort: the importance of cerebrovascular imaging March, 2007, San Francisco Maternal and infant characteristics associated with perinatal arterial stroke in the preterm infant May 2007, The Netherlands Perinatal ischemic stroke, Feb. 2007, NINDS, Maryland Modified constraint-induced movement therapy after childhood stroke, Jan. 2007, London Thrombophilias, perinatal stroke, and cerebral palsy Dec. 2006, NINDS, Maryland Diagnostic pitfalls in pediatric ischemic stroke Dec., 2006, the Netherlands Quantified Corticospinal Tract Diffusion Restriction Predicts Neonatal Stroke Outcome Mode of onset predicts etiological diagnosis of arterial ischemic stroke in children Cerebral palsy secondary to perinatal ischemic stroke Recognizing Strokes in Children video, produced by the Keeping Kids Healthy TV Show. Recognizing strokes right away – and knowing what to do about them – is crucial in limiting the damage they can do to the rest of a child’s life. Would you recognize the signs of a stroke in your child? Watch the video. |
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| We'd love to have you add the slogan, "Infants have Strokes, Kids Have Strokes, Even Unborn Babies have Strokes" to your website or email signature line. Make sure you include a link back to http://www.KidsHaveStrokes.org so that others can find additional information. | |
| Visit the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, CHASA, to learn more about hemiplegia, hemiparesis, and hemiplegic cerebral palsy, which may result from a prenatal, in utero, or childhood stroke. | |
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