The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 3 Clinical presentations of ischemic stroke in both groups

From: Pediatric vs. adult stroke: comparative study in a tertiary referral hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Clinical presentations	Pediatric 33 Patients	Adult 143 Patients	p value
Diffuse manifestations
Headache	13 (39.4%)	6 (4.2%)	0.001*
Vomiting	11 (33.3%)	10 (7.0%)	0.001*
Seizure	12 (36.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0.001*
Fever	4 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0.001*
Altered conscious level	10 (30.3%)	23 (16.1%)	0.059
Dizziness	4 (12.1%)	13 (9.1%)	0.595
Focal manifestations
Aphasia	3 (9.1%)	31 (21.7%)	0.099
Dysarthria	1 (3.0%)	82 (57.3%)	0.001*
Neurologic–ophthalmologic signs^a	0 (0.0%)	30 (21.0%)	0.004
Facial palsy	8 (24.2%)	90 (62.9%)	0.001*
Ataxia/gait abnormality	1 (3.0%)	30 (21.0%)	0.015*
Hemiparesis	21 (63.6%)	116 (81.1%)	0.029*
Hemianesthesia	8 (24.2%)	79 (55.2%)	0.001*
NIHSS, PedNIHSS
Mild (1–4)	12 (36.3%)	55 (38.5%)	0.001*
Moderate (5–15)	16 (48.4%)	77 (53.8%)
Moderate to severe (16–20)	1 (3.0%)	11 (7.7%)
Severe (21–42)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)

By Chi square test and Fisher exact test
^aNeurologic–ophthalmologic signs (squint, papilledema, visual field defect), *p value was significant

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