SFNM NE Series: Bedside and laboratory neuromonitoring in neonatal encephalopathy
Practice Points: EEG/aEEG While aEEG is helpful to monitor trends at the bedside and can diagnose most seizures, cEEG remains the gold standard for seizure
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Practice Points: EEG/aEEG While aEEG is helpful to monitor trends at the bedside and can diagnose most seizures, cEEG remains the gold standard for seizure
Practice Points: Communication amidst therapeutic hypothermia is challenging; parents desire timely, transparent, and consistent communication with clinicians. Parents value opportunities to participate in their infant’s
Practice Points: The evolution of injury following hypoxic-ischemic injury involves multiple mechanisms and progresses over a prolonged period of time. Cell death often presents as
Practice Points: Clinicians looking after neonates with NE treated with TH must be aware of SFNN and must be assessed the neonates routinely for SFNN
Practice Points: Non-pharmacologic approaches form the foundation for providing comfort for neonates with NE receiving TH Benzodiazepines should be avoided for sedation Morphine 50 μg/kg
Practice Points: Haematological abnormalities are common in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy (NE), including leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy. nRBCs and EPO may indicate the degree of