The smallest suffer stroke: Understanding stroke and treatment patterns in children with blunt cerebrovascular injury within the Trauma Quality Improvement Program database
database[Title] 2025-04-25
Summary:
CONCLUSION: Children aged 0-11 years had the greatest rates of stroke and were least likely to receive antithrombotic therapy. More than one half of children did not receive antithrombotic therapy. Patients who received antithrombotic therapy had greater stroke rates than untreated patients, which may reflect antithrombotic therapy given after stroke occurred. Treatment guidelines are needed for children with blunt cerebrovascular injury.