[Electroencephalographic maturation in preterm newborn infants]. 1989

E Doménech, and R Castro, and C Casabona, and A Méndez, and C Ormazábal, and J C Rodríguez Luis
Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina de La Laguna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias.

We have studied 51 preterm infants [gestational age (GE) less than 32 weeks] by: a neurologic examination at 40 weeks of postconceptional age, serial cranial ultrasonographies, weekly electroencephalograms (EEG) until 42 weeks of postconceptional age, and Brunet-Lezine test of psychomotor developmental at 1 year old. Our objective is the longitudinal study of EEG maturation in preterm infants with or without neurologic injury. In preterm infants with the less gestational age are present the EEG characteristics reported for the older infants, the typical EEG pattern is the "sawtooth" (27-30 weeks GE). If these infants are "normal", the EEG maturation get adjusted to the previous reported pattern, except for the earlier presentation of transitory acute frontal waves and the disappearance of the preterm's discontinuous trace. The EEG maturation of preterm infants with perinatal neurologic injury are significantly delayed in contrast with "normal" preterm infants until 40 weeks of postconceptional age; this fact have a poor prognosis for these infants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007234 Infant, Premature A human infant born before 37 weeks of GESTATION. Neonatal Prematurity,Premature Infants,Preterm Infants,Infant, Preterm,Infants, Premature,Infants, Preterm,Premature Infant,Prematurity, Neonatal,Preterm Infant
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D004569 Electroencephalography Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain. EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D005865 Gestational Age The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination. Embryologic Age,Fetal Maturity, Chronologic,Chronologic Fetal Maturity,Fetal Age,Maturity, Chronologic Fetal,Age, Embryologic,Age, Fetal,Age, Gestational,Ages, Embryologic,Ages, Fetal,Ages, Gestational,Embryologic Ages,Fetal Ages,Gestational Ages
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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