Outcome of newborns with neonatal seizures: Risk factors and predictors

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-321

  Nunes, Magda Lahorgue ^a   Costa da Costa, Jaderson ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neonatal EEG; Neonatal seizures; Outcome; Preterm newborn

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREECH PRESENTATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JAUNDICE; LEUKOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33750725696     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339606778699662     Document Type: Review

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