Delay to diagnosis in acute pediatric arterial ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Rafay, Mubeen F ^a,b   Pontigon, Ann Marie ^b   Chiang, Jackie ^b   Adams, Margaret ^b   Jarvis, D Anna ^a   Silver, Frank ^c   MacGregor, Daune ^a   Deveber, Gabrielle A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organized stroke care; Pediatric stroke; Predictors; Stroke diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL ISCHEMIC STROKE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; NEUROLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STROKE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549103079     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.519066     Document Type: Article

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