TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality risk after neonatal seizures in very preterm newborns
AU - Pisani, Francesco
AU - Copioli, Cristiana
AU - Turco, Emanuela C.
AU - Sisti, Lisa
AU - Cossu, Giuseppe
AU - Seri, Stefano
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - 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
AB - 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
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UR - http://jcn.sagepub.com/content/27/10/1264
U2 - 10.1177/0883073811435244
DO - 10.1177/0883073811435244
M3 - Article
SN - 0883-0738
VL - 27
SP - 1264
EP - 1269
JO - Journal of Child Neurology
JF - Journal of Child Neurology
IS - 10
ER -