Table 1 Clinical characteristics for 236 prospectively enrolled neonates with acute provoked seizures and clinical brain MRI.
From: Neonatal brain MRI and short-term outcomes after acute provoked seizures
N = 236 | |
|---|---|
Male sex | 130 (55%) |
Gestational age, weeks | 39.3 (38.1–40.4) |
Birth weight, kg | 3.1 (±0.7 kg) |
Apgar at 1, 5 min | 4 (2–8), 8 (5–9) |
Therapeutic hypothermia | 70 (30%) |
Therapeutic hypothermia in neonates with radiologic HIE | 26/67 (39%) |
Complex medical course (cardiac, congenital heart disease, ECMO, dialysis) | 25 (11%) |
Seizure burden at the study center | |
None | 40 (17%) |
Rare EEG seizures (<7) | 65 (28%) |
Many isolated EEG seizures (> = 7) | 49 (21%) |
Frequent recurrent EEG seizures | 44 (19%) |
Status epilepticus | 37 (16%) |
Unknown | 1 (0.4%) |
EEG-only seizures | 44 (19%) |
Incomplete response to loading dose of anti-seizure medication | 149 (63%) |
Abnormal neurologic examination at discharge | 73 (31%) |
