Treatment Duration After Acute Symptomatic Seizures in Neonates: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Renée A. Shellhaas; Taeun Chang; Courtney J. Wusthoff; Janet S. Soul; Shavonne L. Massey; Catherine J. Chu; M. Roberta Cilio; Sonia L. Bonifacio; Nicholas S. Abend; Tammy N. Tsuchida; Hannah C. Glass

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.039

Treatment Duration After Acute Symptomatic Seizures in Neonates: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Renée A. Shellhaas
, Taeun Chang
, Courtney J. Wusthoff
, Janet S. Soul
, Shavonne L. Massey
, Catherine J. Chu
, M. Roberta Cilio
, Sonia L. Bonifacio
, Nicholas S. Abend
, Tammy N. Tsuchida
, Hannah C. Glass

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Abstract

We aimed to define determinants of duration of treatment for acute symptomatic neonatal seizures in a contemporary multicenter observational cohort study. After adjustment for potential confounders, only study site and seizure etiology remained significantly associated with the chance of continuing antiseizure medication after discharge to home.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-301.e1
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	181
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.039
State	Published - Feb 1 2017

Keywords

EEG
critical care
electroencephalogram
epilepsy
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
infant
neonatal encephalopathy
neonatal seizures
neurocritical care

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