Current hurdles in diagnosis of pediatric stroke include delays in provider recognition and definitive neuroimaging (magnetic resonance imaging) technique. Clinical pathways are recommended to address these hurdles; yet only few studies have evaluated their impact. This article summarized one such study which has evaluated the Pediatric Stroke Clinical Pathway (PSCP) to improve diagnosis time in ED was evaluated. Introduction: Stroke is an acute neurological insult that has traditionally been conceptualized as an adult disease.
Stroke occurs in the pediatric population with an incidence of 2 to 13 per 100,000 children. With up to three quarters of patients being discharged from the acute care setting with neurological deficits, pediatric stroke results in significant morbidity. The impact of standardized care pathways on the diagnosis of pediatric stroke is not well known. Thus, the aim…
