Status epilepticus and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age in an extremely low birth weight infant

Biol Neonate. 2004;85(1):68-72. doi: 10.1159/000074961. Epub 2003 Nov 19.

Abstract

Neonatal status epilepticus (SE) is very rare and, to date, very little information exists on SE in preterm infants. Here, we report recurrent SE as a result of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant, who had favorable neurodevelopment at a corrected age of 2 years. This clinical observation seems to indicate that recurrent SE does not exclude normal long-term neurodevelopment, even in ELBW infants.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Birth Weight
  • Cesarean Section
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Fetal Distress
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / complications*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature*
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight*
  • Nervous System / growth & development*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Recurrence
  • Status Epilepticus / etiology*
  • Status Epilepticus / physiopathology
  • Uterine Cervical Incompetence