Long Term Electroencephalography in Preterm Neonates: Safety and Quality of Electrode Types

Seizures in preterm neonates have been reported with an incidence ranging between 3.9%-48% (Hellstrom-Westas et al., 1985; Scher et al., 1993; Vesoulis et al., 2014; Lloyd et al., 2017). Seizure incidence varies with the EEG modality utilized- amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) versus conventional EEG. Early life seizures in sick premature neonates portend both poor short and long term outcomes. Seizures in extremely low birth weight neonates were associated with short term morbidities such as severe intraventricular hemorrhage, sepsis, meningitis and cystic periventricular leukomalacia (Davis et al., 2010).

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