Stroke from systemic vascular disorders in Saudi children. The devastating role of hypernatremic dehydration.
Systemic vascular disorders, leading to childhood stroke, include volume depletion or systemic hypotension and hypernatremic dehydration. We describe 3 cases of stroke following systemic vascular disorders. These were diagnosed during a prospective and retrospective study on childhood stroke, which included 104 patients. Post-gastroenteritis hypernatremic dehydration is an important, potentially preventable, cause of stroke in Saudi children.
Salih
Mustafa A
MA
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mustafa@ksu.edu.sa
Zahraa
Jihad N
JN
Al-Jarallah
Ahmed A
AA
Alorainy
Ibrahim A
IA
Hassan
Hamdy H
HH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*