Quiz: Neuro: Pediatrics: Acquired Pediatric CNS Disorders 1

Which of the following is true regarding acute ischemic stroke in neonates?

Males have worse prognosis than females
Over 60% of patients develop seizures, cognitive/behavioral disorders or language delay
Prognosis tends to be better than in adults with acute ischemic stroke, possibly due to plasticity
Overall morbidity tends to be low
All of the above

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Features from functional imaging (DTI and ASL perfusion) that are good prognostic indicators in neonatal acute ischemic stroke are the following:

a) Normal or only slightly (but not markedly) elevated fractional anisotropy (FA) values in affected brain tissue
b) Mildly but not severely reduced ADC values
c) Normal or increased perfusion/CBF on ASL
d) Decreased perfusion on ASL
e) a, b and c

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Which of the following constitute the definition of perinatal acute ischemic stroke?

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