Lauren A. Beslow, MD, MSCE, FAHA

2022

Beslow L.A., Agner S.C., Santoro J.D., Ram D., Wilson J.L., Harrar D., Appavu B., Fraser S.M., Rossor T., Torres M.D., Kossorotoff M., Zuñiga Zambrano Y.C., Hernández-Chávez M., Hassanein S.M.A., Zafeiriou D., Dowling M.M., Kopyta I., Stence N.V., Bernard T.J., Dlamini N., on behalf of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Group. International prevalence and mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 in childhood arterial ischemic stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stroke 2022;53(8):2497-2503. PMID:35380052

2021

Shih E.K., Beslow L.A., Natarajan S.S., Falkensammer C.B. Messe S.R.,+ Ichord R.N.+ +Co last authors: Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in a cohort of children with cryptogenic ischemic stroke. Neurology 97(21): e2096-e2102, 2021.

Lang S., Tucker A., Schreiber C., Storm P.B., Liu H., Li Y., Ichord R., Beslow L.A., Sedora-Roman N., Cox M., Nasser H., Vossough A., Fisher M., Kilbaugh T.J., Huh J.W.: Arterial spine labeling as an ancillary assessment to post-operative conventional angiogram in pediatric moyamoya disease. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics  2021.

Hutchinson M.L., Beslow L.A., Shih E.K., Licht D.J., Kimmel A.C., Granath C. Ichord R.N. : Endovascular and thrombolytic treatment eligibility in childhood arterial ischemic stroke. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology  34: 99-104, 2021.

Beslow L.A., Vossough A., Ichord R.N., Slavova N., Yau M.L.Y., Gajera J., Stojanovski B., Adil M.M., Breimann J., Kimmel A., Mackay M.T.: Association of pediatric ASPECTS and NIH Stroke Scale, hemorrhagic transformation, and 12-month outcome in children with acute ischemic stroke  Neurology 2021.

Beslow L.A., Linds A.B., Fox C.K., Kossorotoff M., Zuñiga Zambrano Y.C., Hernández-Chávez M., Hassanein S.M.A., Byrne S., Lim M., Maduaka N., Zafeiriou D., Dowling M.M., Felling R.J., Rafay M.F., Lehman L.L., Noetzel M.J., Bernard T.J., Dlamini N., on behalf of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Group: Pediatric ischemic stroke: an infrequent complication of SARS-CoV-2. Annals of Neurology 89: 657-665, 2021.

Anderst J., Carpenter S.L., Frazier T.N., Appavu B., Noetzel M., Beslow L.A., Sharma M. : Subdural hemorrhage in a cohort with cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: application to abusive head trauma  Child Abuse & Neglect  117: 105119, 2021.

2020

Sun L.R., Linds A., Sharma M., Rafay M., Vadivelu S., Lee S., Brandão L.R., Appavu B., Estepp J.H., Hukin J., Hassanein M.A., Chan A., Beslow L.A., on behalf of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Group: Cancer and tumor-associated childhood stroke: results from the International Pediatric Stroke Study. Pediatric Neurology 111: 59-65, 2020.

Simonetti B.G., Rafay M.F., Chung M., Lo W.D., Beslow L.A., Billinghurst L., Fox C.K., Pagnamenta A., Steinlin M.K., Mackay M.T.: Comparative study of posterior and anterior circulation stroke in childhood - results from the International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS)  Neurology 94(4): e337-e344, 2020.

Payabvash S., Falcone G.J., Sze G.K., Jain A., Beslow L.A., Petersen N.H., Sheth K.N., Kimberly W.T.: Poor outcomes related to anterior extension of large hemispheric infarction: topographic analysis of GAMES-RP trial MRI scans Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases  29(2): 104488, 2020.

Beslow L.A., Breimann J., Licht D.J., Waldman J., Fallacaro S., Pyeritz R.E., Goldmuntz E., Vossough A: Cerebrovascular malformations in a pediatric hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia cohort. Pediatric Neurology 110: 49-54, 2020.

Porcari G.S. Jordan L.C., Ichord R.N., Licht D.J., Smith S.E., Beslow L.A.: Outcome trajectories after primary perinatal hemorrhagic stroke   Pediatric Neurology 105: 41-47, Apr 2020.

2019

Vorasayan P., Bevers M.B., Beslow L.A., Sze G., Molyneaux B.J., Hinson H.E., Simard J.M., von Kummer R., Sheth K.N., Kimberly W.T. : Intravenous glibenclamide reduces lesional water uptake in large hemispheric infarction. Stroke 50(11): 3021-3027, 2019.

Chung M.G., Guilliams K.P., Wilson J.L., Beslow, L.A., Dowling M.M., Friedman N.R., Hassanein S.M.A., Ichord R., Jordan L.C., Mackay M.T., Rafay M.F., Rivkin M., Torres M., Zafeiriou D., deVeber G., Fox C.K.  : Arterial ischemic strokes secondary to cardiac disease in neonates and children  Pediatric Neurology 100: 35-41, 2019.

2018

Sheth K.N., Petersen N.H., Cheung K., Elm J.J., Hinson H.E., Molyneaux B.J., Beslow L.A., Sze G.K., Simard J.M., Kimberly W.T. : Long-term outcomes with IV glyburide from the GAMES-RP study of large hemispheric infarction: an exploratory analysis. Stroke 49(6): 1457-1463, 2018.

Fox C.K., Jordan L.C., Beslow L.A., Armstrong J., Mackay M.T., deVeber G., on behalf of the SIPS Investigators.: Children with post-stroke epilepsy have poorer outcomes one year after stroke.  International Journal of Stroke  13(8): 820-823, 2018.

Beslow L.B., Dowling M.M., Hassanein S.M.A., Lynch J.K., Zafeiriou D., Sun L.R., Kopyta I., Titomanlio L., Kolk A., Chan A., Biller J., Grabowski E.F., Abdalla A.A., Mackay M.T., deVeber G., on behalf of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Investigators: Mortality after pediatric arterial ischemic stroke. Pediatrics(5), e20174146, 2018.

Porcari G.S., Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Licht D.J., Kleinman J.T., Jordan L.C. : Neurologic outcome predictors in pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective study. Stroke 49(7): 1755-1758, Jul 2018.

2017

Duran D, Messina RD, Beslow LA, Montejo JD, Karimy JK, Gavankar Furey C, Sheridan AD, Sze G, Yarman Y, DiLuna ML, Kahle KT. Malignant Cerebellar Edema Subsequent to Accidental Prescription Opioid Intoxication in Children. Frontiers in Neurology 2017;8:362.

Beslow, LA. Stroke Diagnosis in the Pediatric Emergency Department: An Ongoing Challenge. Stroke 2017; 48(5):1132-1133.

Mirsky DM, Beslow LA, Amlie-Lefond C, Krishnan P, Laughlin S, Lee S, Lehman L, Rafay M, Shaw D, Rivkin MJ, Wintermark M; International Paediatric Stroke Study Neuroimaging Consortium and the Paediatric Stroke Neuroimaging Consortium. Pathways for Neuroimaging of Childhood Stroke. Pediatric Neurology 2017;69:11-23.

Uohara MY, Beslow LA, Billinghurst L, Jones BM, Kessler SK, Licht DJ, Ichord RN. Incidence of Recurrence in Posterior Circulation Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke. JAMA Neurology 2017; 74(3):316-323.

Billinghurst LL, Beslow LA, Abend NS, Uohara M, Jastrzab L, Licht DJ, Ichord RN. Incidence and predictors of epilepsy after pediatric arterial ischemic stroke. Neurology 2017;88(7):630-637.

Grunwald Z, Beslow LA, Urday S, Vashkevich A, Ayres A, Greenberg SM, Goldstein JN, Leasure A, Shi FD, Kahle KT, Battey TW, Simard JM, Rosand J, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Perihematomal Edema Expansion Rates and Patient Outcomes in Deep and Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2017;26(2):205-212.

2016

Bernard TJ, Beslow LA, Manco-Johnson MJ, Armstrong-Wells J, Boada R, Weitzenkamp D, Hollatz A, Poisson S, Amlie-Lefond C, Lo W, deVeber G, Goldenberg NA, Dowling MM, Roach ES, Fullerton HJ, Benseler SM, Jordan LC, Kirton A, Ichord RN. Inter-Rater Reliability of the CASCADE Criteria: Challenges in Classifying Arteriopathies. Stroke 2016;47(10):2443-9.

Sheth KN, Elm JJ, Molyneaux BJ, Hinson H, Beslow LA, Sze GK, Ostwaldt AC, Del Zoppo GJ, Simard JM, Jacobson S, Kimberly WT. Safety and efficacy of intravenous glyburide on brain swelling after large hemispheric infarction (GAMES-RP): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurology 2016;15(11):1160-9.

Schindler EA, Guo XM, Schrag M, Ghoshal S, Schilsky ML, Beslow LA. Neuropsychiatric Presentation of Wilson Disease in an Adolescent Male. Neuropediatrics 2016;47(5):346-7.

Murthy SB, Urday S, Beslow LA, Dawson J, Lees K, Kimberly WT, Iadecola C, Kamel H, Hanley DF, Sheth KN, Ziai WC; VISTA ICH Collaborators. Rate of perihematomal edema expansion is associated with poor clinical outcomes in intracerebral haemorrhage. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2016;87(11):1169-1173.

Adil MM, Vidal GA, Beslow LA. Clinical Outcomes among Transferred Children with Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Strokes in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2016;25(11):2594-2602.

Ghoshal S, Bronen RA, McCarthy PL, Pels SG, Beslow LA. Acute Stroke in a Girl With an Absent Radial Pulse. Pediatric Neurology 2016;62:77-8.

Hawks C, Jordan LC, Gindville M, Ichord RN, Licht DJ, Beslow LA. Educational Placement After Pediatric Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Pediatric Neurology 2016;61:46-50.

Beslow, LA. Back to Basics-Vital Sign and Blood Glucose Abnormalities and Outcome in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke. JAMA Neurology 2016;73(7):785-6.

Adil MM, Vidal G, Beslow LA. Weekend Effect in Children With Stroke in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Stroke 2016;47(6):1436-43.

Urday S, Beslow LA, Dai F, Zhang F, Battey TW, Vashkevich A, Ayres AM, Leasure AC, Selim MH, Simard JM, Rosand J, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Rate of Perihematomal Edema Expansion Predicts Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine 2016;44(4):790-7.

Adil MM, Beslow LA, Qureshi AI, Malik AA, Jordan LC. Hypertension is Associated With Increased Mortality in Children Hospitalized With Arterial Ischemic Stroke. Pediatric Neurology 2016;56:25-29.

Sheth KN, Elm JJ, Beslow LA, Sze GK, Kimberly WT. Glyburide Advantage in Malignant Edema and Stroke (GAMES-RP) Trial: Rationale and Design. Neurocritical Care 2016;24(1):132-9.

2015

Smith D.M., Vossough A., Vorona G.A., Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Licht D.J. Pediatric cavernous sinus thrombosis: a case series and review of the literature. Neurology 2015;85(9):763-769.

Urday S., Beslow L.A., Goldstein D.W., Vashkevich A., Ayres A.M., Battey T.W.K., Selim M.H. Kimberly W.T., Rosand J., Sheth K.N. Measurement of peri-hematomal edema in intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke 2015;46(4):1116-1119.

Smith S.E., Vargas G., Cucchiara A.J., Zelonis S.J. Beslow L.A. Hemiparesis and epilepsy are associated with worse reported health status following unilateral stroke in children. Pediatric Neurology 2015;52(4):428-434. NIHMS 717641

Adil M.M., Qureshi A.I., Beslow L.A., Malik A.A., Jordan L.C. Factors associated with increased in-hospital mortality among children with intracerebral hemorrhage. Journal of Child Neurology 2015;30(8):1024-1028.

Sultan S.M., Beslow L.A., Vossough A., Elkind M.S.V., Kasner S.E. Mirsky D.M. Licht D.J. Ichord R.N. Predictive validity of severity grading for cerebral steno-occlusive arteriopathy in recurrent childhood ischemic stroke. International Journal of Stroke 2015;10(2):213-218.

Sinclair A.J., Fox C.K., Ichord R.N., Almond C.S. ,  Bernard T.J., Beslow L.A. , Chang A.K.C., Cheungh M., deVeber G., Dowling M.M., Friedman N., Giglia T.M., Guilliams K.P., Humpl T., Licht D.J., Mackay M.T.,  Jordan L.C. Stroke in children with cardiac disease: report from the International Pediatric Stroke Study group symposium. Pediatric Neurology 2015;52(1):5-15.

2014

Lin K.Y., Basavaraj K., Witmer, C.M., Beslow L.A., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N., Kaufman B.D. Thrombotic events in critically ill children with myocarditis. Cardiology in the Young 2014;24(5):840-847. NIHMS 511445

Bernard T.J., Rivkin M.J., Scholtz K., deVeber G., Kirton A., Gill J.C., Chan A.K., Hovinga C.A., Ichord R.N., Grotta J., Jordan L.C., Benedict S., Friedman N.R., Dowling M.M., Elbers J., Torres M., Sultan S., Cummings D.D., Grabowski E., McMillan H.J., Beslow L.A., Amlie-Lefond C., on behalf of the Thrombolysis in Pediatric Stroke Study. Emergence of the primary pediatric stroke center: impact of the thrombolysis in pediatric stroke (TIPS) trial. Stroke 2014;45(7):2018-2023.

Adil M.M., Quereshi A.I., Beslow L.A., Jordan L.C. Transient ischemic attack requiring hospitalization of children in the United States: Kids' Inpatient Database 2003-2009. Stroke 2014;45(3):887-888. NIHMS 557706

Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Gindville M.C., Kleinman J.T., Bastian R.A., Smith S.E., Licht D.J., Hillis A.E., Jordan L.C. Frequency of hematoma expansion after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in children. JAMA Neurology 2014;71(2):165-171. NIHMS 513431

Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Gindville M.C., Kleinman J.T., Engelmann K., Bastian R.A., Licht D.J., Smith S.E., Hillis A.E., Jordan L.C. The pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage Score: a simple grading scale for intracerebral hemorrhage in children. Stroke 2014;45:66-70. PMCID: PMC3910321

Bruno C.J., Beslow L.A., Witmer C.M., Vossough A., Jordan L.C., Zelonis S., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N., Smith S.E. Hemorrhagic stroke in term and late preterm neonates. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2014;99:F48-F53. PMCID: PMC3864979

2013

Pensirikul A.D., Beslow L.A., Kessler S.K., Sanchez S.M., Topjian A.A., Dlugos D.J., Abend N.S.: Density spectral array for seizure identification in critically ill children. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 30(4): 371-375, Aug 2013.

Frisoli F.A., Lang S.S>, Vossough A., Cahill A.M., Heuer G.G., Dahmoush H.M., Storm P.B., Beslow L.A.: Intrarater and interrater reliability of the pediatric arteriovenous malformation compactness score. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 11(5): 547-551, May 2013.

Kranick S.M., Campen C.J., Kasner S.E., Kessler S.K., Zimmerman R.A., Lustig R.A., Phillips P.C., Beslow L.A., Ichord R., Fisher M.J.: Headache as a risk factor for neurovascular events in pediatric brain tumor patients. Neurology 80(16): 1452-1456, Apr 2013.

Beslow L.A., Abend N.S., Gindville M.C., Bastian R.A., Licht D.J., Smith S.E., Hillis A.E., Ichord R.N., Jordan L.C.: Pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage: acute symptomatic seizures and epilepsy. JAMA Neurology 70(4): 448-454, Apr 2013.

2012

Beslow L.A., Vossough A., Dahmoush H.M., Kessler S.K., Stainman R., Favilla C.G., Wusthoff C.J., Zelonis S., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N., Smith S.E.: Modified pediatric ASPECTS correlates with infarct volume in childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Frontiers in Neurology 3: 122, 2012.

Lang S.S., Beslow L.A., Gabel B., Judkins A.R., Fisher M.J., Sutton L.N., Storm P.B., Heuer G.G.: Surgical treatment of brain tumors in infants younger than six months of age and review of the literature. World Neurosurgery 78(1-2): 137-144, Jul 2012.

Lang S.S., Beslow L.A., Bailey R.L., Vossough A., Ekstrom J., Heuer G.G., Storm P.B.: Follow-up imaging to detect recurrence of surgically treated pediatric arteriovenous malformations. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 9(5): 497-504, May 2012.

Kleinman J.T., Beslow L.A., Engelmann K., Smith S.E., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N., Jordan L.C.: Evaluation of intraventricular hemorrhage in pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage. Journal of Child Neurology 27(4): 526-531, Apr 2012.

Beslow L.A., Kasner S.E., Smith S.E., Mullen M.T., Kirschen M.P., Bastian R.A., Dowling M.M., Lo W., Jordan L.C., Bernard T.J., Friedman N., DeVeber G., Kirton A., Abraham L., Licht D.J., Jawad A.F., Ellenberg J.H., Lautenbach E.,* Ichord R.N.* *Co-last authors: Concurrent validity and reliability of retrospective scoring of the pediatric National Institutes of Health stroke scale. Stroke 43(2): 341-345, Feb 2012.

2011

Abend N.S., Beslow L.A., Smith S.E., Kessler S.K., Vossough A., Mason S., Agner S., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N.: Seizures as a presenting symptom of acute arterial ischemic stroke in childhood. The Journal of Pediatrics 159(3): 479-483, Sep 2011.

Beslow L.A., Smith S.E., Vossough A., Licht D.J., Kasner S.E., Favilla C.G., Halperin A.R., Gordon D.M., Jones C.I., Cucchiara A.J., Ichord R.N.: Hemorrhagic transformation of childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Stroke 42(4): 941-946, Apr 2011.

Ichord R.N., Bastian R., Abraham L., Askalan R., Benedict S., Bernard T.J., Beslow L., deVeber G., Dowling M., Friedman N., Fullerton H., Jordan L., Kan L., Kirton A., Amlie-Lefond C., Licht D., Lo W., McClure C., Pavlakis S., Smith S.E., Tan M., Kasner S., Jawad A.F.: Interrater reliability of the pediatric NIH stroke scale (PedNIHSS) in a multicenter study. Stroke  42(3): 613-617, Mar 2011.

2010

Heuer G.G., Gable B.C., Beslow L.A., Stiefel M.F., Schwartz E.S., Storm P.B., Ichord R.N., Hurst R.W. : Diagnosis and treatment of Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations  Childs Nervous System 26(7): 879-887, Jul 2010.

Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Kasner S.E., Mullen M.T., Licht D.J., Smith S.E., Storm P.B., Jordan L.C., Messé S.R. : ABC/XYZ estimates intracerebral hemorrhage volume as a percent of total brain volume in children. Stroke 41(4): 691-694, Apr 2010.

Beslow L.A., Licht D.J., Smith S.E., Storm P.B., Heuer G.G., Zimmerman R.A., Feiler A.M., Kasner S.E., Ichord R.N., Jordan L.C. : Predictors of outcome in childhood intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective consecutive cohort study. Stroke 41(2): 313-318, Feb 2010.

2018

Beslow L.A., Billinghurst L.: Stroke, arteriopathy, and vascular malformations. Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition. Zaoutis L.B., Chiang V.W. (eds.). McGraw-Hill Education, Page: 664-681, 2018.

2017

Beslow L.A., Jordan L., Smith E. : Vascular malformations, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage in infants and children. Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology, Sixth Edition. Swaiman K.F., Ashwal S., Ferriero D.M., Schor N.F., Finkel R.S., Gropman A.L., Pearl P.L., Shevell M.I.  (eds.). Elsevier, Inc. Page: e178-195, 2017.

2012

Sultan S., Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N.: Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis. Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Demos Medical Publishing, 2012.

Rose D.Z., Beslow L.A., Smith S.E.: Arterial ischemic stroke. Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Demos Medical Publishing, 2012.

Lin K., Beslow L.A., Licht D.J.: Cardiac neurocritical care. Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Demos Medical Publishing, 2012.

Lang S., Beslow L.A.: Acute spinal cord disease and injury. Pediatric Neurocritical Care 2012 Notes: Demos Medical Publishing.

Beslow L.A., Heuer G.G., Jordan L.C.: Notramatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Demos Medical Publishing, 2012 Notes: Pediatric Neurocritical Care.

2011

Bearden D.R., Beslow L.A.: Childhood Stroke. Netter's Pediatrics. In: Florin T.A., Ludwig S. (eds.) (eds.). Elsevier Incorporated, 2011.