The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of neonatal seizures- a prospective observational study

Author: 
Ilanchezhian Subramanyam

Background: Neonatal neuroimaging has gained importance because of the advances in obstetric management and neonatal intensive care leading to improve survival statistics. It plays a central role in determining etiology, extent of injury and may also provide information regarding prognosis and temporal relationship of brain injury in neonates presenting with seizures. Aims and objectives: The aim for our study is to study the role of MR Brain imaging in neonatal seizures and diagnose various pathologies by correlating the findings with clinical diagnosis. Materials and methods: We conducted our study in 150neonates presented with seizures. The study was done on a Signa 14 HDX GE machine. Results: In our study majority of babies had a onset of seizures less than a week (74%).  Most of the babies were delivered normally (55%). Hypoxemic ischemic encephalopathy was the leading cause of neonatal seizure (47 babies). Conclusion: From our study we concluded that MRI depicts various pathologies associated with neonatal seizures and helps in accurate diagnosis of conditions like Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, infections, congenital anomalies

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3862-3864
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr20180573
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