Incidence and Predictors of Later Epilepsy in Neonates with Encephalopathy: The Impact of Electrographic Seizures.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the incidence of later epilepsy in full-term infants with neonatal encephalopathy (NE) who undergo continuous electroencephalography (cEEG) monitoring in the neonatal period and to identify potential predictors of later epilepsy both in infants with and without electrographic neonatal seizures (ENS).

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study performed at Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland, between 2003 and 2019. All term infants with NE had a minimum of 2 h of cEEG monitoring in the neonatal period. ENS were identified via cEEG monitoring. Pediatric medical charts were reviewed to determine if epilepsy developed after the neonatal period and to determine potential predictors of epilepsy in infants both with and without ENS.

SUBMITTER: Stephens CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature