Neonatal status epilepticus vs recurrent neonatal seizures

Although most children with status epilepticus have a good prognosis, its effects on newborns are unclear.We compare the neurodevelopmental consequences of recurrent seizures and status epilepticus in newborns.One hundred six newborns with video-EEG-confirmed seizures, consecutively admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the University of Parma between January 1999 and December 2004, were enrolled in the study. Fifty-one were preterm...