High-Risk Markers for Asphyxial Neonatal Seizures

Abstract

The value of clinical high-risk markers in detecting neonates having seizures within the first hour of life following intrapartum asphyxia was evaluated in term infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Keywords

• fetal heart rate
• meconium-stained amniotic fluid
• apgar scores