By Todd J Levy, MS, OTR/L, CBIST-APThe internet provides vast information about rehabilitation for children. Like most topics, information ranges from reliable and useful to nonsense and dishonest. Professionals can turn to peer-reviewed journal articles for vetted...
Treatment
Treating Two “Puffs of Smoke” in the Brain — What is the best approach for operating on children with bilateral moyamoya arteriopathy?
By Michael Xie and Risheng XuLiterally meaning “hazy” or “like a puff of smoke” in Japanese, the term “moyamoya” is also the name for an arteriopathy that causes narrowing of the arteries of the brain. This restriction of blood flow leads to the formation of many...
Tenecteplase for Childhood Stroke
The fourth International Pediatric Stroke Expert Corner took place on Tuesday, March 21st 2023 at 10am PDT/1pm EDT/ 6pm GMT +1Presentation Title: Tenecteplase for Childhood Stroke Description: During this talk, Dr. Barry, Dr. Goldenberg and Dr. Kiskaddon explores the...
Moyamoya Disease & Surgery Selection
The third International Pediatric Stroke Expert Corner took place on Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 at 10am PST/ 12pm CST/ 1pm EST/ 7pm GMT +2.Presentation Title: Moyamoya Disease & Surgery Selection Description: During this presentation, Dr. Lisa Sun first...
Interview with Dr. Peter Sporns, author of the Save ChildS Study
By Nidhi Ravishankar & Arpita Lakhotia.The Save ChildS study1 is the first retrospective, multicenter cohort study that analyzed databases from 27 stroke centers in the United States and Europe suggesting comparable safety data for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT)...
Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2), what are we missing?
By Ariane Soldatos & Amanda Ombrello. Case: A previously healthy 14-year-old patient presents with a small stroke in the basal ganglia following upper respiratory symptoms. You do the usual vascular, cardiac and thrombophilia work-up which is unrevealing. You...
Neonatal AIS Case & Pediatric FCA Stroke Case
The Seventh International Pediatric Stroke Challenging Case Conference took place on: Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 at 10am PST/ 12pm CST/ 1pm EST/ 7pm EUR.SpeakersIlona Kopyta, MD, PhD Ilona Kopyta, MD, PhD, is a pediatric neurologist at Medical University of Silesia...
Arteriovenous Malformations in children: risk of recurrence following apparent cure.
By Erika Chandler & Arpita Lakhotia.As physicians, when we encounter a child with stroke symptoms, we ask ourselves “Is this hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke?” as the treatment and outcomes are different. To put it simply, hemorrhagic stroke occurs when there is...
Embolectomy Case & Pediatric Stroke Rehab Case
The second International Pediatric Stroke Challenging Case Conference took place on Tuesday, November 17th at 11am PST/ 1pm CST/ 2pm EST/ 8pm EUR.SpeakersSahar M. Hassanein, MD Sahar M. Hassanein, MD is a pediatric neurologist at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt....
COVID-19 & pediatric stroke—French guidelines & IPSO COVID Watch
By Heather Fullerton. After our May 13th blog post about COVID-19 and pediatric stroke, French IPSO members, Dr. Manoëlle Kossorotoff and Dr. Stéphane Chabrier, kindly shared with us their pandemic guidance for children with cerebrovascular disease. Hôpital...
Perinatal Arterial Stroke: A Multi-site RCT of Intensive Infant Rehabilitation (I-ACQUIRE)
| Enrolling | Clinical Trial | Multi-site | StrokeNet NIH | Sharon L. Ramey & Warren Lo | This is a Phase III clinical trial to compare the efficacy of two dosages of a new infant rehabilitation protocol - I-ACQUIRE - to usual and customary forms of infant...