Mortality risk after neonatal seizures in very preterm newborns

Francesco Pisani; Cristiana Copioli; Emanuela C. Turco; Lisa Sisti; Giuseppe Cossu; Stefano Seri

doi:10.1177/0883073811435244

Mortality risk after neonatal seizures in very preterm newborns

Francesco Pisani
, Cristiana Copioli
, Emanuela C. Turco
, Lisa Sisti
, Giuseppe Cossu
, Stefano Seri

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust

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We analyzed clinical and instrumental data of 403 consecutive newborns with gestational age from 24 to 32 weeks, admitted to the University-Hospital of Parma between January 2000 and December 2007, to evaluate the possible relationship between neonatal mortality and occurrence of neonatal seizures in very preterm newborns. Seventy-four subjects died during hospital stay. Seizures were present in 35 neonates, in whom the mortality rate was 37.1%. Multivariate analysis revealed that birth-weight

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1264-1269
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Child Neurology
Volume	27
Issue number	10
Early online date	28 Feb 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073811435244
Publication status	Published - Oct 2012

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