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Neonatal Seizure
Aka: Neonatal Seizure, Newborn Seizure, Seizure Disorder in Newborns
- See Also
- Seizure
- Infantile Spasms
- Pediatric Spell
- Types (Order of decreasing frequency)
- Subtle findings
- Horizontal eye deviation
- Drooling
- Sucking
- Lip smacking
- Swimming or Pedaling motion
- Generalized Tonic Seizure (Preterm Infants)
- Multifocal Clonic Seizure (Full-Term infants)
- Focal Clonic Seizure (Full-Term more then Preterm)
- Myoclonic (Both Preterm and Full-Term)
- Causes
- Asphyxia, HIE (12-24 hours after birth)
- Interventricular Hemorrhage
- Infection
- TORCH Infection
- Escherichia coli
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS Sepsis)
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Amino acid disturbance
- Drug Withdrawal
- Pyridoxine Deficiency (Vitamin B6)
- Dysgenic brain
- Benign familial Neonatal Seizures
- Benign idiopathic Neonatal Seizures (Fifth Day Fits)
- Neonatal sleep Myoclonus