Characterisation of neonatal seizures and their treatment using continuous EEG monitoring: a multicentre experience

Janet M Rennie; Linda S de Vries; Mats Blennow; Adrienne Foran; Divyen K Shah; Vicki Livingstone; Alexander C van Huffelen; Sean R Mathieson; Elena Pavlidis; Lauren C Weeke; Mona C Toet; Mikael Finder; Raga Mallika Pinnamaneni; Deirdre M Murray; Anthony C Ryan; William P Marnane; Geraldine B Boylan

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-315624

Characterisation of neonatal seizures and their treatment using continuous EEG monitoring: a multicentre experience

Janet M Rennie
, Linda S de Vries
, Mats Blennow
, Adrienne Foran
, Divyen K Shah
, Vicki Livingstone
, Alexander C van Huffelen
, Sean R Mathieson
, Elena Pavlidis
, Lauren C Weeke
, Mona C Toet
, Mikael Finder
, Raga Mallika Pinnamaneni
, Deirdre M Murray
, Anthony C Ryan
, William P Marnane
, Geraldine B Boylan

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this multicentre study was to describe detailed characteristics of electrographic seizures in a cohort of neonates monitored with multichannel continuous electroencephalography (cEEG) in 6 European centres.

METHODS: Neonates of at least 36 weeks of gestation who required cEEG monitoring for clinical concerns were eligible, and were enrolled prospectively over 2 years from June 2013. Additional retrospective data were available from two centres for January 2011 to February 2014. Clinical data and EEGs were reviewed by expert neurophysiologists through a central server.

RESULTS: Of 214 neonates who had recordings suitable for analysis, EEG seizures were confirmed in 75 (35%). The most common cause was hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (44/75, 59%), followed by metabolic/genetic disorders (16/75, 21%) and stroke (10/75, 13%). The median number of seizures was 24 (IQR 9-51), and the median maximum hourly seizure burden in minutes per hour (MSB) was 21 min (IQR 11-32), with 21 (28%) having status epilepticus defined as MSB>30 min/hour. MSB developed later in neonates with a metabolic/genetic disorder. Over half (112/214, 52%) of the neonates were given at least one antiepileptic drug (AED) and both overtreatment and undertreatment was evident. When EEG monitoring was ongoing, 27 neonates (19%) with no electrographic seizures received AEDs. Fourteen neonates (19%) who did have electrographic seizures during cEEG monitoring did not receive an AED.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that even with access to cEEG monitoring, neonatal seizures are frequent, difficult to recognise and difficult to treat.

OBERSERVATION STUDY NUMBER: NCT02160171.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	F493-F501
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Volume	104
Issue number	5
Early online date	24 Nov 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315624
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

Keywords

Journal Article
neonatology
antiepileptic drug
EEG
seizures
clin neurophysiology
Seizures/diagnosis
Stroke/complications
Metabolism, Inborn Errors/complications
Electroencephalography/methods
Humans
Male
Monitoring, Physiologic/methods
Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain/complications
Europe/epidemiology
Neurologic Examination/statistics & numerical data
Infant, Newborn, Diseases/diagnosis
Female
Retrospective Studies
Infant, Newborn
Cohort Studies

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Rennie, J. M., de Vries, L. S., Blennow, M., Foran, A., Shah, D. K., Livingstone, V., van Huffelen, A. C., Mathieson, S. R., Pavlidis, E., Weeke, L. C., Toet, M. C., Finder, M., Pinnamaneni, R. M., Murray, D. M., Ryan, A. C., Marnane, W. P., & Boylan, G. B. (2019). Characterisation of neonatal seizures and their treatment using continuous EEG monitoring: a multicentre experience. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 104(5), F493-F501. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315624

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