Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Canada
●Canadian stroke best practice recommendations – Stroke rehabilitation practice guidelines, update 2015 (published 2016)
United States
●American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA): A scientific statement on endovascular treatment and thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients with premorbid disability or dementia (2022)
●AHA/ASA: A scientific statement for the management of stroke in neonates and children (2019)
●AHA: A scientific statement on cardiovascular risk reduction in high-risk pediatric patients (2019)
●Choosing Wisely: Do not continue simple transfusions in patients with stroke from sickle cell disease who have iron overload, if red blood cell exchange is available (2018)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't order "formal" swallow evaluation in stroke patients unless they fail their initial swallow screen (2017)
●Guidelines for urgent management of stroke in children (2016)
●AHA: A scientific statement on infective endocarditis in childhood, update (2015)
●AHA: A scientific statement on cardiovascular disease risk factors in youth with diabetes mellitus (2014)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't routinely use seizure prophylaxis in patients following ischemic stroke (2014)
●Evidence-based management of sickle cell disease – Expert panel report (2014)
●AHA: A scientific statement for prevention and treatment of thrombosis in pediatric and congenital heart disease (2013)
●AHA: A scientific statement on long-term cardiovascular toxicity in children, adolescents, and young adults who receive cancer therapy − Pathophysiology, course, monitoring, management, prevention, and research directions (2013)
●American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children (2012)
●Spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis in children − Pediatric moyamoya summary with proposed evidence-based practice guidelines (2012)
●AHA/ASA: A scientific statement for the diagnosis and management of cerebral venous thrombosis (2011)
●AHA: A scientific statement for noninvasive assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in children and adolescents − Recommendations for standard assessment for clinical research (2009)
Europe
●European Stroke Organisation (ESO): Guideline directory
United Kingdom
●Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH): Stroke in childhood – Clinical guidelines for diagnosis, management and rehabilitation (2017)
●British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) and British Society of Haematology (BSH): Guideline on the investigation, management and prevention of venous thrombosis in children (2011)
Japan
●Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of moyamoya disease (spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis) (2012)
