Open AccessImaging Data Reveal a Higher Pediatric Stroke Incidence Than Prior US Estimates
Author(s) -
Nidhi Agrawal,
S. Claiborne Johnston,
Tai-Wei Wu,
Stephen Sidney,
Heather J. Fullerton
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.564633
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , pediatric stroke , ischemic stroke , optics , engineering , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics
Prior annualized estimates of pediatric ischemic stroke incidence have ranged from 0.54 to 1.2 per 100,000 US children but relied purely on diagnostic code searches to identify cases. We sought to obtain a new estimate using both diagnostic code searches and searches of radiology reports and to assess the relative value of these 2 strategies.
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