Children have strokes too and doctors often miss them. New guidelines will help
- Written by Tanya Medley, Honorary Senior Fellow, Department of Paediatrics at The University of Melbourne and Senior Researcher, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Children often wait more than a day for a stroke diagnosis.from shutterstock.comThe country’s first guidelines to improve doctors’ ability to diagnose and manage stroke in children have been released today. Stroke is among the top ten causes of death in childhood and more than half of childhood stroke survivors have long-term...
