Status epilepticus and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age in an extremely low birth weight infant.
Neonatal status epilepticus (SE) is very rare and, to date, very little information exists on SE in preterm infants. Here, we report recurrent SE as a result of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant, who had favorable neurodevelopment at a corrected age of 2 years. This clinical observation seems to indicate that recurrent SE does not exclude normal long-term neurodevelopment, even in ELBW infants.
Latini
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Division of Pediatrics, Perrino Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera A. Di Summa, Brindisi, Italy. gilatini@tin.it
Verrotti
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A
Giannuzzi
R
R
Del Vecchio
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A
Quartulli
L
L
De Felice
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C
D001724:Birth Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence