SIG | Neonatal: Neonatal Seizures Around the Globe—Accurate Diagnosis with Limited Resources

Friday, December 3, 2021
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OVERVIEW:

This Special Interest Group session expands on recommendations for the early diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures, particularly those at high risk for seizures.

The 2011 Neonatal EEG Monitoring Consensus Statement from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society included recommendations that all neonates at high risk for seizures be monitored with a conventional EEG for 24 hours. Since then, the care community has learned more about the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures. This session examines how limited-resourced systems overcome challenges for the best care, particularly when continuous EEG is not available in all practice settings, leading to inadequate treatment. 

This session presents:

  1. Newly revised ILAE neonatal clinical seizure terminology and illustrate how identifying the specific seizure type can contribute to seizure and  epilepsy diagnosis
  2. Other clinical strategies for diagnosing electrographic seizures, particularly techniques used in Brazilian and Indian NICUs with limited resources
  3. A panel discussion, led by clinicians who face similar issues in the U.S., providing appropriate care for newborns with high risk for seizures at community NICUs

Learning Objectives:

Following participation in this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Classify accurate clinical neonatal seizures
  • Identify neonates most in need of continuous EEG monitoring

Program:

SIG Coordinators: Tammy Tsuchida, MD, PhD, John Millichap, MD, FAAN, FAES, and Elissa Yozawitz, MD, FAES

Chair: Tammy Tsuchida, MD, PhD

Clinical Seizure and Epilepsy Syndrome Classification | Ronit Pressler, MD, PhD

Seizure Diagnosis (with EEG) in Resource-Limited Settings | Gabriel Variane, MD

Panel Discussion of Resource Utilization | Mark Fitzgerald, MD, CHOP, Tiffani McDonough, MD, and Swetha Padiyar, MD

Education Credit:

This educational activity is supported in part by Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC 

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