[Diagnoses to consider in newborn infants with inactive EEG tracings].
Thirty-one neonates without any electroencephalographic activity detectable on the first EEG before day 5 were studied. In the first group (20 neonates) the first EEG was performed on day 0. Signs of foetal and/or perinatal anoxia were observed. In the second group (11 neonates), the first EEG was performed between day 1 and day 4. In 7 cases, the neonate was considered normal during a period varying between a few hours and a few days. Various aetiologies other than foetal or perinatal anoxia were found: cardiac arrest, metabolic disease, polycystic encephalomalacia.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004678:Encephalomalacia / Q000151:congenital; D005977:Glutarates / Q000097:blood; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome
D005977:Glutarates; C035736:glutaric acid
Diagnostic à évoquer devant un tracé inactif du nouveau-né.