It is difficult to determine the incidence of seizures in the neonatal period. Estimations range between 1-5 per 1,000 live-births, though the actual rate of seizures during this period may be higher due to lack of accurate diagnosis of sub-clinical seizure activity without continuous EEG monitoring. Acute causes of seizures (hypoxemic ischemic encephalopathy, infection, intracranial hemorrhage, stroke, etc) are more common than first-episode of neonatal epilepsy syndromes. Watching the EEG monitor and detecting when a seizure occurs can help the preterm infant survive through these seizures. "Continuous monitoring and cranial imaging in the setting of<unk> s now compromise the standard of care at many centers, and these technologies are being used to guide management, diagnosis, and prognosis". As the monitoring devices for<unk> s become more advanced, the closer researchers are to finding how these seizures occur and how they can be stopped. Seizures occur during the neonatal period at a higher rate than in any other period of life. Seizures in the developing brain are more common than in a mature brain for several reasons. First, the developing brain is hyperexcitable due to excess in excitatory glutaminergic neurons and immaturity of inhibitory gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) neurons. Preterm infants are at especially high risk for seizures for this reason.
Neonatal seizure
Neonatal stroke
Neonatal encephalopathy
Neonatal meningitis
Shaken baby syndrome
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Benign neonatal seizures
Neonatal diabetes