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NEUROLOGY 2006;67:2221-2223
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Heart rate changes are insensitive for detecting postasphyxial seizures in neonates

P. J. Cherian, MD, DM, J. H. Blok, MSc, PhD, R. M. Swarte, MD, P. Govaert, MD, PhD and G. H. Visser, MD, PhD

From the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (P.J.C., J.H.B., G.H.V.), Erasmus MC, University Medical Center; and Department of Neonatology (R.M.S., P.G.), Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Perumpillichira J. Cherian, Erasmus MC, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; e-mail: j.perumpillichira{at}erasmusmc.nl

We studied heart rate (HR) changes during 169 seizures (mean 12 per patient, range 8 to 18) in 14 neonates with severe birth asphyxia. HR changes were found in 21 seizures (12.4%) in eight patients (HR increases in four, decreases in one, and both patterns in three patients), suggesting the existence of neonatal cerebral hemispheric connections with brainstem autonomic regulatory centers. HR monitoring appears to be insensitive for detecting postasphyxial neonatal seizures.

Additional material related to this article can be found on the Neurology Web site. Go to www.neurology.org and scroll down the Table of Contents for the December 26 issue to find the title link for this article.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Part of this work was presented as a poster at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 2004.

Received April 6, 2006. Accepted in final form August 28, 2006.

Commentary, see page 2101


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