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Clinical types and possible etiologies of neonatal seizures : a hospital based study
المؤلفون المشاركون
al-Naddawi, Mahjub N.
Numan N. al-Hamid
Kadum, Meisloon J.
al-Abbas, Nibal W.
المصدر
Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad
العدد
المجلد 53، العدد 1 (31 مارس/آذار 2011)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2011-03-31
دولة النشر
العراق
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background : seizures in the neonatal period are common.
They can present as focal clonic, focal tonic, myoclonic, generalized tonic and subtle seizures.
They can be caused by a variety of conditions, ranging from benign self-limited illnesses to severe life-threatening disorders.
Patients and methods : A prospective study included 75 neonates with seizures in the first 28 days of life were admitted to neonatal care unit in Children Welfare Teaching Hospital from January 15th 2009 to August.
A Full history was obtained and patients were examined by a specialist in the neonatal care unit and the researcher.
Laboratory investigations and neuroimaging studies were done for all patients.
Results : out of 75 neonates, (55 %) were males and (45 %) were females with a male: female ratio of (76 %) of them was delivered at term.
The onset of seizures was reported in the first 72 hours of life in (42.6 %) of neonates.
The most common type of seizure was tonic type (48 %) followed by subtle type (24 %), focal clonic 16 % and multifocal clonic (12 %).
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HBE) was the commonest etiology (25.34 %) then sepsis (24 %), hypocalcaemia (14.67%), pyogenic meningitis (13.33%), hypoglycemia (9.33 %), Kernicterus (8 %), IVH 4 % and TORCH (1.33%).The consanguinity was detected in (26.7%) of patients.
A response to Phenobarbitone alone was found in (42.1%) and to a combination of bother phenobarbitone and phenytoin in (19.1 %).
The case fatality was (8 %), (50 %) of them were due to IVH.
Conclusions : neonatal seizures occurred mainly in full term neonates with male sex preponderance with the majority reported in their first 72 hours of life and the tonic seizures were the commonest pattern.
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is the main etiologic factor of neonatal seizures followed by sepsis.
Intraventricular hemorrhage occurs mainly in preterm infants and it was a major cause of death.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
al-Naddawi, Mahjub N.& Numan N. al-Hamid& Kadum, Meisloon J.& al-Abbas, Nibal W.. 2011. Clinical types and possible etiologies of neonatal seizures : a hospital based study. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 53, no. 1, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-260996
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
al-Naddawi, Mahjub N.…[et al.]. Clinical types and possible etiologies of neonatal seizures : a hospital based study. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 53, no. 1 (2011), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-260996
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
al-Naddawi, Mahjub N.& Numan N. al-Hamid& Kadum, Meisloon J.& al-Abbas, Nibal W.. Clinical types and possible etiologies of neonatal seizures : a hospital based study. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2011. Vol. 53, no. 1, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-260996
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 5
رقم السجل
BIM-260996
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