| Electroencephalography and brain damage in preterm infants. (2005) | |||||||||
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| The following pages constitute the final accepted and revised manuscript the article Electroencephalography and brain injury preterm infants Lena Hellstr Westas PhD Ingmar Ros PhD Departments Pediatrics and Clinical Neurophysiology University Hospital Lund Sweden Short title EEG and preterm brain injury Published Early Human Development Volume Issue Pages Publisher Elsevier Use alternative location the published version the article requires journal subscription Alternative location http doi org earlhumdev Corresponding author Lena Hellstr Westas Department Pediatrics University Hospital Lund Sweden Tel Fax Email lena westas skane Abstract Electroencephalography EEG sensitive method for detection brain injury preterm infants Although the acute and chronic EEG changes are mainly non specific regarding type injury they correlate with later neurological and cognitive function infants developing periventricular hemorrhagic ischemic brain injury acute EEG findings include depression background activity and presence epileptic seizure activity The chronic EEG changes associated with white matter injury and abnormal neurological development include delayed maturation and presence abundant rolandic sharp waves Suboptimal cognitive development preterm infants has been associated with changes various sleep measures EEG recorded full term Continuous EEG monitoring during neonatal intensive care shows that cerebral electrical activity during this vulnerable period can affected several extr | |||||||||
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