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. 2011 Jul;4(3):389-94.
doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.83870.

Caring for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in children

Mubashira Hashmi  1 , Mohammad Wasay
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Caring for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in children

Mubashira Hashmi et al. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in children is increasingly recognized as diagnostic tools and clinical awareness has improved. It is a multifactorial disease where prothrombotic risk factors and predisposing clinical conditions usually in combination constitute the underlying etiology. Clinical features range from headache, seizures to comatose state. Although symptomatic treatment involving control of infections, seizures and intracranial hypertension is uniform, use of anticoagulation and local thrombolytic therapy is still controversial. Morbidity and mortality can be significant and long-term neurological sequelae include developmental delay, sensorimotor and visual deficits and epilepsy.

Keywords: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; children; neonates.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Flow chart showing management plan for pediatric CVST
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