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Etiology of Neonatal Convulsions and Anticonvulsant Drugs

Yenidoğan Konvülziyonlarının Etyolojisi ve Tedavi Uygulamaları

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Preterm newborns usually did not require secondary drugs.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the etiology and type of seizures in newborns, and to compare the efficacy of various anticonvulsant drugs.
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: Patients hospitalized at the Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit between December 2010 and January 2015 and diagnosed with seizures were included in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:Preterm newborns usually did not require secondary drugs.
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Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the etiology and type of seizures in newborns, and to compare the efficacy of various anticonvulsant drugs. Methods: Patients hospitalized at the Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit between December 2010 and January 2015 and diagnosed with seizures were included in the study. Obtained data were compared with regard to the term and preterm subgroups. Definition analysis, Pearson’s chi-squared test, and independent t-test were used as statistical methods. Results: Forty-one out of 1322 patients hospitalized at the Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit were diagnosed with seizures. Considering gender, 63.4% were male, and 80% of the patients were full term. The mean birthweight was 3066 grams, and the average delivery was at 37.9 weeks. The most common etiologic factors were hypoglycemia (14.6%), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (12.2%), and hypocalcemia (12.2%). Convulsion types were the following: unclassified type (29.3%), focal tonic (26.8%), myoclonic (19.5%), autonomic (19.5%), and focal clonic (17.1%). Phenobarbital was used as a first-choice drug in 82.6% of patients. A secondary anticonvulsant drug was required in 30% patients, and phenytoin was used in 71.4% patients. Comparing the data of the full term and preterm subgroups, the seizure etiology, type of convulsion, convulsion time, and medications used to control the seizure were not different. However, preterm patients did not require a secondary antiepileptic drug, as opposed to term patients. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that the most common disorders that cause seizures in newborns are hypoglycemia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and hypocalcemia, and one half of the patients did not require any anticonvulsant drug. When a secondary drug was required, it was usually phenobarbital. Preterm newborns usually did not require secondary drugs.

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Amaç: Yenidoğan döneminde saptanan konvülziyonlarda etyolojik değerlendirme, konvülziyon tipi ve uygulanan antikonvülzan tedavilerinin etkinliklerinin karşılaştırılması amaçlandı. Yöntemler: Aralık 2010- Ocak 2015 tarihleri arasında 3. düzey yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesine konvülziyon tanısıyla yatan hastaların dosyaları retrospektif olarak incelendi. Hastaların verileri çalışma formuna kaydedildi. Elde edilen veriler term ve preterm bebek alt gruplarında karşılaştırıldı. İstatistiksel olarak tanımlayıcı analiz, Pearson Ki kare ve independent t testleri kullanıldı. Bulgular: Belirlenen tarihler arasında 3. düzey yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitemizde yatan 1322 bebeğin 41’i konvülziyon tanısıyla izlenmişti. Bebeklerin %63,4’ü erkek, %80’i termdi. Ortalama doğum ağırlığı 3066± g, ortalama doğum haftası 37,9± hafta saptandı. En sık saptanan etyolojik nedenler %14,6 hipoglisemi, %12,2 hipoksik iskemik ensefalopati ve %12,2 hipokalsemi idi. Konvülziyon tipleri %29,3 tanımlanmamış (subtle) tip, %26,8 fokal tonik, %19,5 miyoklonik, %19,5 otonomik ve %17,1 fokal klonik olarak saptandı. Tedavide ilk seçenek antikonvülzan olarak %82,6 fenobarbital kullanılmıştı. %30 bebeğe ikinci antikonvülzan gereksinimi olduğu ve ikinci antikonvülzan olarak en sık (%71,4) fenitoin kullanıdığı belirlendi. Preterm ve term bebeklerin verileri karşılaştırıldığında; konvülziyon etyolojisi, tipi, sayısı, konvülziyon geçirdiği gün ve aldığı antiepileptik tedavileri açısından fark saptanmadı. Preterm bebeklerde, term bebeklerden farklı olarak ikinci bir antiepileptik tedavi gereksiniminin olmadığı gözlendi. Sonuç: Sonuç olarak çalışmamızda yenidoğan konvülziyon nedenleri arasında en sık hipoglisemi, hipoksik iskemik ensefalopati ve hipokalsemi olduğu, bebeklerin yaklaşık yarısında antikonvülzan tedavi gereksinimi olmadığı, antikonvülzan gereksinimi olanlarda büyük oranda ilk ilaç olarak fenobarbital kullanıldığı ve preterm bebeklerde ikinci bir antikonvülzan ilaca gereksinim olmadığı saptandı.

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ACAR, D. B., BÜLBÜL, A., USLU, S., ODABAŞI, İ. Ö., GÜZEL, B. (2019). Etiology of Neonatal Convulsions and Anticonvulsant Drugs. JAREM, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 1, 1–5. https://ajindex.com/articles/178285

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