Researchers in The Netherlands report that maternal fever during deliver and early-onset sepsis/meningitis were found to be involved with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke in full term infants. Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes and hypoglycemia were also found to be important risk factors in perinatal arterial ischemic stroke in full term infants. This article reports the incidence of perinatal arterial ischemic stroke as 1 in 2300 live births.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. 2012 Nov;97(6):F411-6.
