title: EEG background patterns and prognostication of neonatal encephalopathy in the era of hypothermia.
abstract: Neonatal EEG can be useful for predicting outcome soon after acute hypoxia-ischemia. There are techniques that can optimize the prognostic accuracy of EEG. Seizure medications and the time interval between hypoxia-ischemia and the EEG must be taken into account. Serial EEGs also improve the predictive ability of EEG.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurophysiology, Neurology Department, Epilepsy and Neurocritical Care, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Tammy N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011379:Prognosis