Cerebral function monitoring in neonates with perinatal asphyxia - preliminary results

Abstract

Aim of the study was to confirm the correlation between the type of amplitude - integrated EEG trace and the level of brain damage in newborns after hypoxia event. The aEEG traces were analyzed using the Hellström-Westas clasification.

The level of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy was evaluated according to the Sarnat-Sarnat clasification. We confirmed the usefullness of aEEG monitoring in first hours after hypoxic insult in prediction of sabsequent hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Keywords

• newborn infant
• hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
• cerebral function monitor
• aEEG
• neurological development
• hypothermia