Clinical Profile and Biochemical Abnormalities of Neonatal Seizure at NICU of a Tertiary Care Hospital.
Seizures are most common neurological emergency in the neonatal period and present as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians worldwide. This prospective observational study was conducted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from January 2015 to March 2015. Total 318 patients were enrolled in the study who presented with convulsion. Most of the patients were term (72.95%) and birth weight was normal (77.3%). Around 75% patients were delivered at home. Most common causes of convulsion were Perinatal Asphyxia (78%) followed by Septicemia, Hypoglycemia and Meningitis in order of frequency. Commonest type of seizure was subtle seizure (45.5%). Most of the patients recovered completely (73%) and 8.4% patients died due to complications.
Dr Md Nazrul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Neonatology, Mymensingh Medical Colleg, Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail: mnislamdr1@yahoo.com.
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D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers