Investigating and managing neonatal seizures in the UK: an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Neonatal seizures are difficult to diagnose and, when they are, tradition dictates first line treatment is phenobarbital. There is little data on how consultants diagnose neonatal seizures, choose when to treat or how they choose aetiological investigations or drug treatments. The purpose of this study was to assess the variation across the UK in the management of neonatal seizures and explore paediatricians' views on their diagnosis and treatment. METHODS:An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used (QUAN→QUAL) with equal waiting between stages. We collected quantitative data from neonatology staff and paediatric neurologists using a questionnaire sent to neonatal units and via emails from the British Paediatric Neurology Association. We asked for copies of neonata

SUBMITTER: Gossling L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986085 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature