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(Stroke. 2006;37:748.)
© 2006 American Heart Association, Inc.

Abstracts From the State-of-the-Art Stroke Nursing Symposium

Poster Presentations

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State-of-the-Art Stroke Nursing Symposium Poster Abstracts

NS P1 The Development of a Comprehensive Paediatric Stroke Program

Maria Zak, Anita Allen, Daune MacGregor, Karen Kinnear, Teesta Soman, Robyn Westmacott, Gabrielle deVeber; The Hosp for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Paediatric stroke remains a diagnosis not often considered among the list of differentials generated by most family physicians, paediatricians, and emergency physicians who encounter a child with acute focal neurological deficits. Despite increased awareness of paediatric stroke, acute paediatric stroke care lags behind adult stroke care. To date, no clinical trials have been conducted in paediatric stroke care. The need for specialized stroke care in children as well as the lack of information about childhood stroke prompted the development of a comprehensive Children’s Stroke Program at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children - the first in North America. In 1994, during its infancy, the Children’s Stroke Program consisted of a monthly clinic that evolved into a weekly clinic. The stroke team consisted of a neurology nurse and neurologists who were soon joined by a social worker, physiotherapist and occupational therapist. Today, the program has evolved and consists of an acute inpatient program, weekly stroke prevention clinic, and an outcomes research program. With a team of three neurologists, two research fellows, a neuropsychologist, a staff nurse, an advanced practice nurse, and a research team, the program continues to grow. The formation of additional partnerships with paediatric sub-specialists including a neurosurgeon, neurointerventional radiologist, neuroradiologists, haematologists, paediatric intensivists, rheumatologists and an adult regional stroke centre has further strengthened the ability of the Stroke . . . [Full Text of this Article]