Performance of bedside stroke recognition tools in discriminating childhood stroke from mimics
Conclusions:
Adult stroke recognition tools perform poorly in children and require modification to be useful for pediatric stroke identification.
Classification of evidence:
This study provides Class II evidence that, for children presenting to the ED with brain attack symptoms, the CPSS and ROSIER tools do not accurately distinguish strokes from mimics.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Mackay, M. T., Churilov, L., Donnan, G. A., Babl, F. E., Monagle, P. Tags: All Clinical Neurology, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Pediatric stroke; see Cerebrovascular Disease/ Childhood stroke ARTICLE Source Type: research
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