Predictive value of electroencephalography for developmental outcome at 6 month of age in full term neonates with seizures

Neonatal seizures are the most common overt manifestation of neurological dysfunction in the newborn. It may be the first and only manifestation of neurological dysfunction in variety of insults. The reported prevalence is approximately 1.5% and incidence is approximately 0.95–3.5 per 1,000 live births. 1-3 A seizure may arise from varying foci at different times. Not all clinical seizures correlate with electroencephalography (EEG) changes and not all seizure activity shown on EEG recordings are clinically apparent. 4 Since long EEG is an important tool to evaluate infant with symptoms refer to central nervous system. 5 The present study was aimed to use EEG not only as a method of assessing neonatal seizures but also for formulating prognosis for long term developmental outcome.