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ArticleJournal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association2024

Relative anemia and perioperative stroke in children with moyamoya.

John R Gatti, Syed Ameen Ahmad, Sarah Gardner Yelton, Matthew DiGiusto, Dennis Leung, Risheng Xu, Alan R Cohen, Rebecca F Gottesman, Lisa R Sun

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Article in Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

John R GattiJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Syed Ameen AhmadJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sarah Gardner YeltonDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Matthew DiGiustoDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dennis LeungDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Risheng XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Alan R CohenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rebecca F GottesmanNational Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Lisa R SunDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: lsun20@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USLurie Children's Hospital · USNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Stroke, Cognition and Neuroepidemiology SectionZIANS009435 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI GOTTESMAN, REBECCA F · 2022 to 2025
$8.2M
Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children (UPTiC)T32HD094671 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Ian J Davis, Kanecia Obie Zimmerman · 2019 to 2026
$2.9M
American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 850044NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD094671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesSurgical revascularization for moyamoya arteriopathy decreases long-term stroke risk but carries a risk of perioperative ischemic complications. We aimed to evaluate modifiable stroke risk factors in children undergoing surgical revascularization for moyamoya. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this exploratory, single-center, retrospective cohort study, medical records of pediatric patients undergoing surgical revascularization for moyamoya arteriopathy at our center between 2003 and 2021 were reviewed. Candidate modifiable risk factors were analyzed for association with perioperative stroke, defined as ischemic stroke ≤7 days after surgery.

resultsWe analyzed 53 surgeries, consisting of 39 individual patients undergoing indirect surgical revascularization of 74 hemispheres. Perioperative ischemic stroke occurred following five surgeries (9.4%). There were no instances of hemorrhagic stroke. Larger pre-to-postoperative decreases in hemoglobin (OR 3.90, p=0.017), hematocrit (OR 1.69, p=0.012) and blood urea nitrogen (OR 1.83, p=0.010) were associated with increased risk of perioperative ischemic stroke. Weight-adjusted intraoperative blood loss was not associated with risk of perioperative ischemic stroke (OR 0.94, p=0.796). Among children with sickle cell disease, all of whom underwent exchange transfusion within one week prior to surgery, none experienced perioperative stroke.

conclusionsDecreases in hemoglobin, hematocrit, and blood urea nitrogen between the preoperative and postoperative periods are associated with increased risk of perioperative stroke. These novel findings suggest that dilutional anemia, possibly due to standardly administered hyperhydration, may increase the risk of perioperative stroke in some children with moyamoya. Further work optimizing both mean arterial pressure and oxygen-carrying capacity in these patients, including consideration of alternative blood transfusion thresholds, is necessary.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellCerebral RevascularizationIschemic StrokeMoyamoya DiseaseStrokeChildHemoglobinsHumansPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeHemoglobinsAnemiaCritical careMoyamoyaPediatricPerioperative care

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