Main description:

A better understanding of neural activity and the development of cortical connections and networks is an important requirement for evaluating the cause and treatment of neonatal seizures. There have been many advances in the management of neonatal seizures such as increased use of EEGs, therapeutic hypothermia for HIE and exome sequencing, to name a few. Neonatal Seizures, Current Management, Future Challenges distils what is known about these advances into one scholarly yet practical text.

Contents:

AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS vii FOREWORD x PREFACE xii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii 1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEONATAL CEREBRAL CORTEX 1 Soumya Ghosh 2. THE ROLE OF THE VIDEO EEG IN NEONATES WITH SEIZURES 12 Lakshmi Nagarajan and Soumya Ghosh 3. RECORDING A VIDEO-EEG STUDY IN A NEONATE 30 Linda Palumbo and Lakshmi Nagarajan 4. THE ROLE OF AMPLITUDE-INTEGRATED EEG IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NEONATAL SEIZURES 40 Lena Hellstrom-Westas, Ingmar Rosen and Linda S. de Vries 5. ADVANCES IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEONATAL SEIZURES: AUTOMATED SEIZURE DETECTION 56 Nathan J. Stevenson and Geraldine B. Boylan 6. NEUROIMAGING IN NEONATAL SEIZURES 76 Camilo Jaimes, Christos Papadelis and P. Ellen Grant 7. NEONATAL EPILEPSIES AND EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES 100 Maria Roberta Cilio 8. CLINICAL APPROACH TO A NEONATE WITH SEIZURES 114 Shripada Rao, Barry Lewis, Soumya Ghosh and Lakshmi Nagarajan 9. TREATMENT OF NEONATAL SEIZURES 128 Lakshmi Nagarajan 10. PREDICTORS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME IN INFANTS WITH NEONATAL SEIZURES 146 Lakshmi Nagarajan, Andrea Poretti, Thierry A G M Huisman and Soumya Ghosh 11. NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES OF NEONATES WITH SEIZURES 163 Jarred Garfinkle and Michael I Shevell 12. NEUROPROTECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR NEONATES WITH SEIZURES 172 Shilpa D. Kadam, Xiaohe Yu and Michael V. Johnston INDEX 193