This issue highlights December 2024- January 2025 publications

The IPSO Communications Committee is pleased to bring you this bi-monthly bulletin of publications relevant to pediatric stroke. We hope this helps keep you informed of recent research.

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IPSO Members’ Publications

1. Atkinson HL, Vaughn RM, Binkowski A, Casey C, Levy T. Improving Life After Childhood Stroke: Helping Your Child Get the Most Out of Their Home Activity Program to Improve Upper Extremity Function. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Dec 9:S0003-9993(24)01352-2. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.10.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39652036.
2. Pabst L, Hoyt CR, Felling RJ, Smith AE, Harpster K, Pardo AC, Bridge JA, Jiang B, Gehred A, Lo W. Neuroimaging and Neurological Outcomes in Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Aug;157:19-28. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.04.029. Epub 2024 May 8. PMID: 38848613.
3. Spencer SP, Forman NH, Chung MG, Dachenhaus T, Drapeau AI, Gerity C, Iglesias R, Jones JY, Lovett ME, Leonard JC. Improving Time to Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Patients with Acute Neurologic Dysfunction. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Dec 16:S1553-7250(24)00379-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.12.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39837707.
4. Pabst L, Chung M, Murray T, Hutchinson M, Nikahd M, Brock G, Zha A, Lo W. Is There a SPOT for Remote Pediatric Stroke Evaluation in the World of Telestroke Networks? A Pilot Feasibility Study of Performing the Pediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Over Televideo. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Jan 10;164:72-77. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.01.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39874660.
5. Sun LR, Lee S, Lee-Eng J, Barry M, Galardi MM, Harrar D, Hassanein SM, Rivkin MJ, Torres M, Wilson JL, Amlie-Lefond C, Guilliams K; as the International Pediatric Stroke Study and the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group. Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke: A Safety Surveillance Report. Neurology. 2025 Feb 11;104(3):e210310. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210310. Epub 2025 Jan 13. PMID: 39805054.
6. Han C, Richerson WT, Garza M, Rodeghier M, Mishra M, Davis LT, Fusco M, Chitale R, Shiino S, Jordan LC, Donahue MJ. Cerebrovascular reactivity and response times describe recent ischaemic symptomatology in patients with moyamoya. Brain Commun. 2024 Nov 4;7(1):fcae381. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae381. PMID: 39801713; PMCID: PMC11724428.

1. Guy D, Bagnall R, Morgan RL, Babatunde I, Nevière A, Friedrich G, Bennetts L, Irfan O, Odame I. Impact of transcranial Doppler screening on stroke prevention in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Blood Rev. 2025 Jan;69:101253. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2024.101253. Epub 2024 Dec 12. Erratum in: Blood Rev. 2025 Jan 17:101258. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2025.101258. PMID: 39710547. 
2. Valencia-Cifuentes V, Llanos-Leyton N, Gómez-Ayala MC, Ariza-Insignares C, Rivillas JA, Granados-Sánchez AM, Márquez JC, Galvis-Blanco L, Cruz-Zamorano S, Gómez-Castro JF, Lasso RE, Rámirez-Muñoz LM, Castro-Varela JM, Benavides-Llano PA, Amaya P. Clinical characteristics and quality care indicators of pediatric stroke in a referral center of Colombia: eleven-year experience (pediastroke). Front Neurol. 2024 Dec 6;15:1456134. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1456134. PMID: 39711789; PMCID: PMC11659138.
3. Davidow KA, Miller RE, Phillips SM, Schlenz AM, Mueller M, Hulbert ML, Hsu LL, Bhasin N, Adams RJ, Kanter J. DISPLACE study shows poor quality of transcranial doppler ultrasound for stroke risk screening in sickle cell anemia. Blood Adv. 2024 Jul 9;8(13):3444-3452. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012631. PMID: 38669350; PMCID: PMC11259935.
4. Regensburger AP, Wachter F, Denis L, Mandelbaum H, Schey F, Buehler A, Siebenlist G, Schwarz S, Schulz-Heise S, Rompel O, Trollmann R, Woelfle J, Jüngert J, Couture O, Reutter H, Hanslik G, Knieling F. Ultrasound Localization Microscopy for the Assessment of Microvascular Circulation in Ischemic Perinatal Stroke. Stroke. 2024 Dec;55(12):e323-e325. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048390. Epub 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39474686; PMCID: PMC11593985.