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Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Neonatal Convulsion at Tobruck Medical Center - Libya

Mohanad Abdulhadi Saleh Lawgali, Faiaz Ragab Salem Halies, Amina M. Beayou, Nasren Gamal Saleh Al-Fraik, Khadeejah Miftah Ali Al-Khurum

Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Neurology · pp. 38–46 · Published 20 Apr 2021

Abstract

Neonatal seizures are the most prominent feature of neurological dysfunction during neonatal period. Seizures in the neonatal population often present differently than in other age groups due to brain immaturity. However, in neonates there may be no clinical movement abnormality either because the seizures are subclinical or because they cannot be noticed. This study aimed to determine the natural history, the time of onset, the etiological factors, the clinical types, the treatment, and the short-term outcomes of neonatal convulsion. This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Tobruck Medical Centre from the 1st of January 2017 to the end of January 2018. During this, 642 neonates were admitted to NICU, out of which 27 had seizures. 17 (62.7%) of the babies were males and 10 (37%) were females. All of them were Libyans; 70.3% were from Tobruck city.

Neonatal seizure neonatal intensive care unit risk factors complications outcome Libya.

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