Treating the symptom or treating the disease in neonatal seizures: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The existing treatment options for neonatal seizures have expanded over the last few decades, but no consensus has been reached regarding the optimal therapeutic protocols. We systematically reviewed the available literature examining neonatal seizure treatments to clarify which drugs are the most effective for the treatment of specific neurologic disorders in newborns.

Method

We reviewed all available, published, literature, identified using PubMed (published between August 1949 and November 2020), that focused on the pharmacological treatment of electroencephalogram (EEG)-confirmed neonatal seizures.

Results

Our search identified 427 articles, of which 67 were included in this review. Current knowledge allowed us to highlight the good clinical and electrographic

SUBMITTER: Falsaperla R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028713 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature