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Neurology

G95. INCIDENCE OF CHILDHOOD STROKE IN THE UK: DATA FROM THE BRITISH PAEDIATRIC SURVEILLANCE UNIT AND THE STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
F.J.K. O’Callaghan¹, A.N. Williams², A. Davis³, F.J. Kirkham¹.

¹Southampton General Hospital; ²Northampton General Hospital; ³West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority

Background: Previous studies of childhood stroke have quoted figures for incidence of 1.29 to 13 per 100,000 but the reasons for the discrepancies are not clear. The provision of services for this previously neglected group of patients depends on accurate numbers.

Methods: The orange card system of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) was used to report cases of childhood stroke and/or cerebrovascular disease (CVD) from January 2001 to January 2002. Additional surveys of neurosurgeons, radiologists, paediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and haematologists were conducted using a similar system (parallel surveillance). The follow-up questionnaires were carefully scrutinised for adherence to the definition and duplicates were removed. ICD10 codes for diagnoses at discharge were obtained from the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) database.

Results: For the period from 1^st . . . [Full text of this article]