Outcome of neonates with electrographically identified seizures, or at risk of seizures.

A prospective study was conducted to investigate survival at 1 month and survival and developmental outcome at 1 year in a cohort of 53 neonates either suspected of or at risk of having seizures. For all patients, presence of seizures, diagnoses, and structural abnormalities were identified. If seizures were present, seizure variables were quantified. Correlations between neonatal parameters and subsequent outcome were investigated. Forty-three patients survived the first month of life. Background EEG was the only significant predictor of survival at 1 month. Three patients died after 1 month, and 2 of the three had extremely depressed interictal EEGs. Development outcome at 1 year was determined for all available surviving patients. Abnormal findings from brain imaging studies and number of independent electrographic seizure foci were correlated with some aspects of outcome at 1 year. No other correlations were identified between neonatal parameters and outcome.

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