By Grégoire Boulouis, Peter Sporns and Jenny Wilson. IPSO had its first conference July 19-21, 2021 after COVID-19 obliterated plans for an in-person conference in 2020 in Vienna, Austria. While there was a feeling of disappointment in not being able to meet in...
Imaging
Predictive Value of Imaging Features in Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke
By Bin Jiang and Warren Lo. The rehabilitation center at Stanford Children’s Health is home to pediatric patients who have suffered a pediatric arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). Their prolonged rehabilitation process and their determined mindset has left deep...
The International Paediatric Stroke Study (IPSS): A highly successful study vehicle for paediatric stroke research on a global scale
By Nomazulu Dlamini and Alexandra Linds. The International Paediatric Stroke Study (IPSS) was established in 2003 through a visionary collaboration of 11 international colleagues with expertise in paediatric stroke. For over 15 years, the IPSS has served as the...
Seizures in Pediatric Stroke (SIPS)
| Closed | Observational | Multi-site | PERF | Christine Fox| SIPS II is an international multi-center PERF funded study that proposed to enroll 300 neonatal and pediatric stroke cases. Imaging, EEGs, medical chart abstraction and epilepsy longitudinal outcome data...
Parental Emotional Outcomes in Perinatal Stroke (POPS)
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | Boston Children’s Hospital | Laura Lehman | The POPS study is a prospective multi-site IPSS sub-study that investigates whether an educational video on perinatal stroke etiology will decrease the emotional burden of guilt and...
Examination of PTSD, Anxiety, Depression in parents and children with pediatric arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) and association with stroke outcome (PIPS)
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | Boston Children’s Hospital | Laura Lehman| The PIPS study is a prospective multi-site IPSS sub-study that investigates the association between emotional outcomes (PTSD, anxiety, and depression) and AIS. The study uses...
Advanced Neuroimaging in Pediatric Stroke: Pathophysiology of Injury and Repair in Children with Focal Brain Ischemia
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | Brain Canada | Noma Dlamini | The Brain Canada study is the first multi-center, international, advanced prospective neuroimaging study in childhood stroke. The study focuses on using novel neuroimaging techniques to...