title: Neonatal intensive care neurology.
abstract: The pediatric neurologist's role in the neonatal intensive care unit is described in four clinical settings: (1) assessment of outcome in neonatal encephalopathy, (2) treatment of seizures in full-term infants, (3) assessment and treatment of intraventricular hemorrhage with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, and (4) assessment of outcome in preterm infants. Emphasis is placed on the evidenced-based information available in these settings and on new therapies on the horizon. Using evidence-based information, the pediatric neurologist can accurately assess prognosis in the neonatal period, and this can provide the basis for a rational assessment of newer therapies in neonatal intensive care.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Pediatric Neurology and Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA.
authors.forename: Walter C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sobel
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003663:Decision Trees; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009462:Neurology; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014465:Ultrasonics