Pediatric Stroke: A Review

Table 1

Clinical presentation of pediatric ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes.

	Ischemic		Hemorrhagic
	Earley et al. 1998 [1]	DeVeber et al. 2000 [18]	Earley et al. 1998 [1]	Meyer-Heim and Boltshauser et al. 2003 [26]
Hemiparesis or focal CNS deficit	94%	51%	21%	16%
Change in mental status	28%		88%	52%
Headache	22%		59%	76%
Seizure	16%	48%	29%	28%
Speech disorder, incl. aphasia		17%		8%
Vomiting				48%
Nausea				20%
Somnolence				12%
Visual impairment				12%
Neck pain				8%
Fever/prodrome	35–40%		35–40%