Predictors of Mortality in Neonates with Seizures; a Prospective Cohort Study
| Autor: | Smail Zubcevic, Feriha Catibusic, Sajra Uzicanin, Suada Heljic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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NICU Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Neonatal intensive care unit Birth weight neonatal seizures Gestational Age Infant Newborn Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clinical Protocols Risk Factors Seizures Cause of Death Intensive Care Units Neonatal death 030225 pediatrics Infant Mortality medicine Birth Weight Humans Prospective Studies preterm infants Prospective cohort study Asphyxia Original Paper Cesarean Section business.industry Mortality rate Infant Newborn Infant Gestational age General Medicine Delivery Obstetric Cohort Female full-term infants medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neonatal resuscitation |
| Zdroj: | Medical Archives |
| ISSN: | 0350-199X |
| DOI: | 10.5455/medarh.2016.70.182-185 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze prognostic indicators for mortality in neonates with seizures in a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Patients and methods: A cohort of 100 neonates with clinically manifested seizures hospitalized in the NICU during 4 years period was prospectively monitored for the first year of life. The cohort consisted of 33 preterm and 67 full-term babies with 60 male and 40 female infants. Results: The mortality rate in the first year of life of infants with seizures in the neonatal period was 23%. The most common cause of seizures was birth asphyxia for full-term infants and intra-periventricular hemorrhage for preterm infants. Death was more common in pre-term than term infants (p |
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