Proceedings of the 14th International Newborn Brain Conference: Neonatal Neurocritical Care, seizures, and continuous aEEG and /or EEG monitoring.

B MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY: b 21 healthy newborn piglets were divided into 3 cohorts to either receive normal saline vehicles (control group A, n=6), bicuculine 4mg/kg IV (seizure group B, n= 7) to induce seizures or bicuculine 4mg/kg IV followed by phenobarbitone loading dose 20mg/kg after 10 min of continuous electrical seizures (treated seizure group C, n=8) over two time points 3h apart. Electrographic seizures were identified in 296 (33.9%) newborns, in which 26 (10.6%) had status epilepticus, 170 (69.7%) repetitive seizures and 48 (19.7%) single seizure. A comparison of treatment pathways for seizures in newborns across rural and non-rural level... B Dickman J b SP 1 sp , Carrasco McCaul M SP 1 sp I SP 1 sp University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine And Public Health, Madison, United States i B BACKGROUND: b Seizures are more common during the neonatal period than at any other age, occurring at a rate of 1.10-5.5 per 1,000 live births. Amplitude integrated electroencephalography combined with raw electroencephalography and video imaging (video aEEG/EEG) provides real-time screening for seizure detection. The survey collected information regarding the evaluation of neonatal seizures, anti-seizure medication availability, electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring methods, and if and how an official treatment pathway for neonatal seizure patients was established at their institution. [Extracted from the article]