Neonatal seizures occur in their majority in close temporal relation to an acute brain injury or systemic insult, and are accordingly defined as acute symptomatic or provoked seizures. However less frequently, unprovoked seizures may also present in the neonatal period as secondary to structural brain abnormalities, thus corresponding to structural epilepsies, or to genetic conditions, thus corresponding to genetic epilepsies. Unprovoked neonatal seizures should be thus considered as the clinical manifestation of early onset structural or genetic epilepsies that often have the characteristics of early onset epileptic encephalopathies. In this review, we address the conundrum of neonatal seizures including acute symptomatic, remote symptomatic, provoked, and unprovoked seizures, evolving to post-neonatal epilepsies, and neonatal onset epilepsies. The different clinical scenarios involving neonatal seizures, each with their distinct post-neonatal evolution are presented. The structural and functional impact of neonatal seizures on brain development and the concept of secondary epileptogenesis, with or without a following latent period after the acute seizures, are addressed. Finally, we underline the need for an early differential diagnosis between an acute symptomatic seizure and an unprovoked seizure, since it is associated with fundamental differences in clinical evolution. These are crucial aspects for neonatal management, counselling and prognostication. In view of the above aspects, we provide an outlook on future strategies and potential lines of research in this field.

Seizures in the neonate: A review of etiologies and outcomes / Pisani, F.; Spagnoli, C.; Falsaperla, R.; Nagarajan, L.; Ramantani, G.. - In: SEIZURE. - ISSN 1059-1311. - 85:(2021), pp. 48-56. [10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.023]

Seizures in the neonate: A review of etiologies and outcomes

Pisani F.;
2021

Abstract

Neonatal seizures occur in their majority in close temporal relation to an acute brain injury or systemic insult, and are accordingly defined as acute symptomatic or provoked seizures. However less frequently, unprovoked seizures may also present in the neonatal period as secondary to structural brain abnormalities, thus corresponding to structural epilepsies, or to genetic conditions, thus corresponding to genetic epilepsies. Unprovoked neonatal seizures should be thus considered as the clinical manifestation of early onset structural or genetic epilepsies that often have the characteristics of early onset epileptic encephalopathies. In this review, we address the conundrum of neonatal seizures including acute symptomatic, remote symptomatic, provoked, and unprovoked seizures, evolving to post-neonatal epilepsies, and neonatal onset epilepsies. The different clinical scenarios involving neonatal seizures, each with their distinct post-neonatal evolution are presented. The structural and functional impact of neonatal seizures on brain development and the concept of secondary epileptogenesis, with or without a following latent period after the acute seizures, are addressed. Finally, we underline the need for an early differential diagnosis between an acute symptomatic seizure and an unprovoked seizure, since it is associated with fundamental differences in clinical evolution. These are crucial aspects for neonatal management, counselling and prognostication. In view of the above aspects, we provide an outlook on future strategies and potential lines of research in this field.
2021
Acute symptomatic; Epileptogenesis; Neonatal epilepsies; Neonatal seizures; Provoked seizures
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Seizures in the neonate: A review of etiologies and outcomes / Pisani, F.; Spagnoli, C.; Falsaperla, R.; Nagarajan, L.; Ramantani, G.. - In: SEIZURE. - ISSN 1059-1311. - 85:(2021), pp. 48-56. [10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.023]
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