Stroke said to be sixth leading cause of death in infants, children.
In an article on the front of the New York Times (1/19, D1) Science Times section, Jonathan Dienst, a reporter with WNBC-TV in New York, discusses pediatric stroke and recounts his child's treatment for and recovery from stroke. Dienst writes that "stroke, by some estimates, is the sixth leading cause of death in infants and children." Some "experts say doctors and hospitals need to be far more aggressive in detecting and treating it." Dienst adds that "Dr. Rebecca N. Ichord, director of the pediatric stroke program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia...said that while conditions like migraines and poisoning could cause similar symptoms, 'front-line providers need to have stroke on their radar screen as a possible cause of sudden neurologic illness in children.'"
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