Sequelae of neonatal convulsions. Study of 112 infants.

Keen, J. H., and Lee, D. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 542. Sequelae of neonatal convulsions: study of 112 infants. Of 112 infants who had a convulsion during the first 28 days of life, 105 survived the neonatal period. During follow-up of 83 (80%), 14 were detected as having motor handicap, a further convulsion, or an intelligence assessment below 85. In the 45 infants whose convulsions were associated only with hypocalcaemia, 2 had an intelligence assessment below 85 and 1 had a further convulsion, but none had evidence of motor handicap during the follow-up period.