Consecinţele neuropsihice ale convulsiilor neonatale şi factorii etiologici ai acestora

Abstract

Th e objectives of this study were to delineate the etiologic profile and neurodevelopmental outcome of neonatal seizures. The children with clinical seizures underwent neurologic examination,electroencephalography,neuroimaging and extensive diagnostic tests in the newborn period. Aft er discharge, all infants underwent regular neurologic evaluation at 12 to 18 months. Seizure etiology remain powerful prognostic factor. Diagnostic advances have changed the etiologic distribution for neonatal seizures and improved accuracy of outcome prediction. Global cerebral hipoxi-ischemia, the most common etiology, is responsible for the large majority of infants with poor long-term outcome.