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EVALUATION OF THE RISK FACTORS, FUNCTIONALITIES, LIFE QUALITIES OF THE PATIENTS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE ARTERIAL ISCHEMIC STROKE
Objectives: To evaluate etiology, prognosis of patients who were followed up with diagnosis of childhood acute arterial-ischemic stroke.
Methods: Clinical features, etiology of patients with acute arterial-ischemic stroke between 2010-2020, aged 1 month-18 years were retrospectively evaluated. At the last control, functionality (Barthel1, WeeFIM2 scores), quality of life (SF36 scale3), motor results (gross motor function classification system) of the patients were recorded prospectively/cross-sectionally.
Results: Forty children were included in the study (25 of whom male), current age was median 112.5 (3.6-294) months and the most common etiologic factor was prothrombotic state (Table-1). Of the 27 surviving patients, 29.62% had positive motor results. 29.62% of surviving patients were independent according to Barthel scoring (Table-2). In terms of quality of life, SF36 scores were found to be highest in pain and lowest in emotional role difficulty (Table-2). The most important factor affecting long-term mortality is the presence of valvular heart disease (Table-3, Table-4).
Conclusions: İt is important to know the etiology, to evaluate the prognosis in order to plan effective treatment and rehabilitation.
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