TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical utility of early amplitude integrated EEG in monitoring term newborns at risk of neurological injury JO - Jornal de Pediatria T2 - AU - Toso,Paulina A. AU - González,Alvaro J. AU - Pérez,María E. AU - Kattan,Javier AU - Fabres,Jorge G. AU - Tapia,José L. AU - González,Hernán S. SN - 22555536 M3 - 10.1016/j.jpedp.2013.07.005 DO - 10.1016/j.jpedp.2013.07.005 UR - https://jped.elsevier.es/pt-clinical-utility-early-amplitude-integrated-articulo-S2255553614000378 AB - Objectiveto test the clinical utility of an early amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) to predict short-term neurological outcome in term newborns at risk of neurology injury. Methodsthis was a prospective, descriptive study. The inclusion criteria were neonatal encephalopathy, neurologic disturbances, and severe respiratory distress syndrome. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and likelihood ratio (LR) were calculated. Clinical and demographic data were analyzed. Neurological outcome was defined as the sum of clinical, electroimaging, and neuroimaging findings. Resultsten of the 21 monitored infants (48%) presented altered short-term neurologic out-come. The aEEG had 90% sensitivity, 82% specificity, 82% positive predictive value, and 90% negative predictive value. The positive LR was 4.95, and the negative LR was 0.12. In three of12 (25%) encephalopathic infants, the aEEG allowed for a better definition of the severity of their condition. Seizures were detected in eight infants (38%), all subclinical at baseline, and none had a normal aEEG background pattern. The status of three infants (43%) evolved and required two or more drugs for treatment. Conclusionsin infants with encephalopathy or other severe illness, aEEG disturbances occur frequently. aEEG provided a better classification of the severity of encephalopathy, detectedearly subclinical seizures, and allowed for monitoring of the response to treatment. aEEG was a useful tool at the neonatal intensive care unit for predicting poor short-term neurologicaloutcomes for all sick newborn. ER -