neonatal seizures: etiology and frequency

Neonatal Seizures: Etiology and Frequency

Corresponding Author: F. Eghbalian MD Besat Hospital Tel: +98 918 1190121 Email:[email protected] Abstract Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate the etiology and frequency of neonatal seizure in hospitalized neonates. Materials and Methods In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, we evaluated 1295 neonates with seizures admitted to neonatal and NICU wards in our center....

Etiology of Neonatal Seizures

Neonatal Hypertension: Etiology, Diagnosis and Management

Neonatal hypertension is a rare and complex condition, with an incidence rate of 0.2% to 3%. It can be resulted by several risk factors such as renal diseases, use of several drugs, neurologic, cardiac, respiratory and endocrine causes. Gestational age, birth weight and conceptual age are the most important risk factors. Renal diseases can be found in about 25% to 50% of hypertension at neonata...

The Etiology of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

Etiology of Physiologic Neonatal Hyperbili­rubinemia. Every newborn infant develop·s hyperbilirubinemia during the first week of life which is called "physiologic". There are several factors responsible for the development of physiologic hyperbilirubinemia, as follows:  1. Increased bilirubin production, due to a - Increased blood volume. b - Decreased R.B.C. survival time.  c - Increased in...

the etiology and clinical evaluations of neonatal seizures in kashan, iran

how to cite this article: talebian a, jahangiri m, rabiee m, masoudi alavi n, akbari h, sadat z. the etiology and clinical evaluations of neonatal seizures in kashan, iran. iran j child neurol. spring 2015;9(2):29-41.   abstract objective detection of seizure, its etiology, and clinical types is important for guiding therapy. this study was designed to evaluate the etiology and clinical evaluat...

Neonatal seizures

The incidence of seizures in infants born at term is 0.53 per 1000 live births; the incidence is even higher in preterm infants, ranging from 113% of very low birthweight infants3. Variations of described numbers of incidence can be explained by different diagnostic definitions and methods used. Most of these epidemiological studies include only clinical seizures. The exact incidence of elect...