Background: From clinical point of view it is important to detect all seizure activity in neonates. The cerebral function monitor (CFM) processes the electro encephalogram (EEG) into an ...

Although clinicians using needle electrodes for sick term infants reported minimal evidence of discomfort [12] and negligible infection rate for long-term application, [46] in vulnerable preterm ...

Keeping newborns on antiseizure medication after acute neonatal seizures stopped did not change development outcomes or prevent epilepsy, a comparative effectiveness study showed. No difference was ...

Philadelphia, March 22, 2023 – Researchers from the Neuroscience Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a prediction model that determines which newborn babies are likely ...

Children with neonatal seizures had a 20.4% cumulative risk for epilepsy by age 22, whereas those without seizures had a risk of 1.15%, a new cohort study found. The risk persisted throughout ...

Seizures in newborns are one of the most frequent acute neurological conditions among infants admitted to neonatal care units. A study published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treatment with ketamine significantly improved seizure occurrence related to refractory status epilepticus in ...