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Neonatal SeizureAka: Newborn Seizure, Seizure Disorder in Newborns

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

Convulsions in the newborn (C0159020)

ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9779.0, 779.0
EnglishConvulsions in newborn, Convulsions in the newborn, CONVULSIONS NEONATAL, Fits in newborn, Fits in the newborn, Neonatal convulsions, Neonatal seizures, Seizures in newborn, Seizures in the newborn
Spanishataques en el recien nacido, convulsiones en el recien nacido, convulsiones neonatales, crisis convulsiva en el recien nacido, paroxismos en el recien nacido
Parent ConceptsOther and ill-defined conditions originating in the perinatal period (C0159019), Epilepsy (C0014544), Central nervous system dysfunction in newborn (C0270266), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesCST, ICD9CM, MTHICD9, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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