Identifying Missed Diagnostic Opportunities in Maternal Stroke
In this retrospective cohort, >1 in 4 pregnant or postpartum patients with acute stroke experienced MDO. Our results suggest a need for enhanced clinician education, particularly for nonneurologists, in diagnosing stroke during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Authors
- Noora Haghighi
- S Prabhakaran
- Sara Shapouran
- Elida Romo
- Alison Seitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7451-4608)
- Ava Leigh Liberman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-6035)
- Lauren Mamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7253-1340)
- Cien Shang
- Samantha Jankowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4744-6029)
- Fahad Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-4868)
- Eliza C. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7108-8906)
- Raeann Bourscheid
- Andrea Shields
- William J. Meurer
- Jane Holl
Institutions
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- UConn Health (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Stroke
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.125.052995
- Primary Topic
- Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00