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Neonatal Convulsion, AE

MedGen UID:
1657151
Concept ID:
C4722225
Finding
Synonym: Neonatal Convulsion, Adverse Event

Definition

An adverse event in a newborn characterized by sudden, involuntary, rapid rhythmic or stereotyped skeletal muscular contraction. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Par EJ, Hughes CA, DeRico P
Am Fam Physician 2023 May;107(5):525-534. PMID: 37192079
McKnight D, Morales A, Hatchell KE, Bristow SL, Bonkowsky JL, Perry MS, Berg AT, Borlot F, Esplin ED, Moretz C, Angione K, Ríos-Pohl L, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S; ELEVIATE Consortium, Haldeman-Englert CR, Levy RJ, Parachuri VG, Lay-Son G, de Montellano DJD, Ramirez-Garcia MA, Benítez Alonso EO, Ziobro J, Chirita-Emandi A, Felix TM, Kulasa-Luke D, Megarbane A, Karkare S, Chagnon SL, Humberson JB, Assaf MJ, Silva S, Zarroli K, Boyarchuk O, Nelson GR, Palmquist R, Hammond KC, Hwang ST, Boutlier SB, Nolan M, Batley KY, Chavda D, Reyes-Silva CA, Miroshnikov O, Zuccarelli B, Amlie-Wolf L, Wheless JW, Seinfeld S, Kanhangad M, Freeman JL, Monroy-Santoyo S, Rodriguez-Vazquez N, Ryan MM, Machie M, Guerra P, Hassan MJ, Candee MS, Bupp CP, Park KL, Muller E 2nd, Lupo P, Pedersen RC, Arain AM, Murphy A, Schatz K, Mu W, Kalika PM, Plaza L, Kellogg MA, Lora EG, Carson RP, Svystilnyk V, Venegas V, Luke RR, Jiang H, Stetsenko T, Dueñas-Roque MM, Trasmonte J, Burke RJ, Hurst ACE, Smith DM, Massingham LJ, Pisani L, Costin CE, Ostrander B, Filloux FM, Ananth AL, Mohamed IS, Nechai A, Dao JM, Fahey MC, Aliu E, Falchek S, Press CA, Treat L, Eschbach K, Starks A, Kammeyer R, Bear JJ, Jacobson M, Chernuha V, Meibos B, Wong K, Sweney MT, Espinoza AC, Van Orman CB, Weinstock A, Kumar A, Soler-Alfonso C, Nolan DA, Raza M, Rojas Carrion MD, Chari G, Marsh ED, Shiloh-Malawsky Y, Parikh S, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Fulton S, Sogawa Y, Burns K, Malets M, Montiel Blanco JD, Habela CW, Wilson CA, Guzmán GG, Pavliuk M
JAMA Neurol 2022 Dec 1;79(12):1267-1276. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3651. PMID: 36315135Free PMC Article
Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, MacDonald JM, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS
Neurology 2022 Sep 20;99(12):e1227-e1238. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200889. PMID: 35817569Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

McKnight D, Morales A, Hatchell KE, Bristow SL, Bonkowsky JL, Perry MS, Berg AT, Borlot F, Esplin ED, Moretz C, Angione K, Ríos-Pohl L, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S; ELEVIATE Consortium, Haldeman-Englert CR, Levy RJ, Parachuri VG, Lay-Son G, de Montellano DJD, Ramirez-Garcia MA, Benítez Alonso EO, Ziobro J, Chirita-Emandi A, Felix TM, Kulasa-Luke D, Megarbane A, Karkare S, Chagnon SL, Humberson JB, Assaf MJ, Silva S, Zarroli K, Boyarchuk O, Nelson GR, Palmquist R, Hammond KC, Hwang ST, Boutlier SB, Nolan M, Batley KY, Chavda D, Reyes-Silva CA, Miroshnikov O, Zuccarelli B, Amlie-Wolf L, Wheless JW, Seinfeld S, Kanhangad M, Freeman JL, Monroy-Santoyo S, Rodriguez-Vazquez N, Ryan MM, Machie M, Guerra P, Hassan MJ, Candee MS, Bupp CP, Park KL, Muller E 2nd, Lupo P, Pedersen RC, Arain AM, Murphy A, Schatz K, Mu W, Kalika PM, Plaza L, Kellogg MA, Lora EG, Carson RP, Svystilnyk V, Venegas V, Luke RR, Jiang H, Stetsenko T, Dueñas-Roque MM, Trasmonte J, Burke RJ, Hurst ACE, Smith DM, Massingham LJ, Pisani L, Costin CE, Ostrander B, Filloux FM, Ananth AL, Mohamed IS, Nechai A, Dao JM, Fahey MC, Aliu E, Falchek S, Press CA, Treat L, Eschbach K, Starks A, Kammeyer R, Bear JJ, Jacobson M, Chernuha V, Meibos B, Wong K, Sweney MT, Espinoza AC, Van Orman CB, Weinstock A, Kumar A, Soler-Alfonso C, Nolan DA, Raza M, Rojas Carrion MD, Chari G, Marsh ED, Shiloh-Malawsky Y, Parikh S, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Fulton S, Sogawa Y, Burns K, Malets M, Montiel Blanco JD, Habela CW, Wilson CA, Guzmán GG, Pavliuk M
JAMA Neurol 2022 Dec 1;79(12):1267-1276. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3651. PMID: 36315135Free PMC Article
Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, MacDonald JM, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS
Neurology 2022 Sep 20;99(12):e1227-e1238. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200889. PMID: 35817569Free PMC Article
Sharpe C, Reiner GE, Davis SL, Nespeca M, Gold JJ, Rasmussen M, Kuperman R, Harbert MJ, Michelson D, Joe P, Wang S, Rismanchi N, Le NM, Mower A, Kim J, Battin MR, Lane B, Honold J, Knodel E, Arnell K, Bridge R, Lee L, Ernstrom K, Raman R, Haas RH; NEOLEV2 INVESTIGATORS
Pediatrics 2020 Jun;145(6) Epub 2020 May 8 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3182. PMID: 32385134Free PMC Article
Alfirevic Z, Devane D, Gyte GM, Cuthbert A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 3;2(2):CD006066. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006066.pub3. PMID: 28157275Free PMC Article
Duley L
Semin Perinatol 2009 Jun;33(3):130-7. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.02.010. PMID: 19464502

Diagnosis

Solmi M, De Toffol M, Kim JY, Choi MJ, Stubbs B, Thompson T, Firth J, Miola A, Croatto G, Baggio F, Michelon S, Ballan L, Gerdle B, Monaco F, Simonato P, Scocco P, Ricca V, Castellini G, Fornaro M, Murru A, Vieta E, Fusar-Poli P, Barbui C, Ioannidis JPA, Carvalho AF, Radua J, Correll CU, Cortese S, Murray RM, Castle D, Shin JI, Dragioti E
BMJ 2023 Aug 30;382:e072348. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072348. PMID: 37648266Free PMC Article
Par EJ, Hughes CA, DeRico P
Am Fam Physician 2023 May;107(5):525-534. PMID: 37192079
McKnight D, Morales A, Hatchell KE, Bristow SL, Bonkowsky JL, Perry MS, Berg AT, Borlot F, Esplin ED, Moretz C, Angione K, Ríos-Pohl L, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S; ELEVIATE Consortium, Haldeman-Englert CR, Levy RJ, Parachuri VG, Lay-Son G, de Montellano DJD, Ramirez-Garcia MA, Benítez Alonso EO, Ziobro J, Chirita-Emandi A, Felix TM, Kulasa-Luke D, Megarbane A, Karkare S, Chagnon SL, Humberson JB, Assaf MJ, Silva S, Zarroli K, Boyarchuk O, Nelson GR, Palmquist R, Hammond KC, Hwang ST, Boutlier SB, Nolan M, Batley KY, Chavda D, Reyes-Silva CA, Miroshnikov O, Zuccarelli B, Amlie-Wolf L, Wheless JW, Seinfeld S, Kanhangad M, Freeman JL, Monroy-Santoyo S, Rodriguez-Vazquez N, Ryan MM, Machie M, Guerra P, Hassan MJ, Candee MS, Bupp CP, Park KL, Muller E 2nd, Lupo P, Pedersen RC, Arain AM, Murphy A, Schatz K, Mu W, Kalika PM, Plaza L, Kellogg MA, Lora EG, Carson RP, Svystilnyk V, Venegas V, Luke RR, Jiang H, Stetsenko T, Dueñas-Roque MM, Trasmonte J, Burke RJ, Hurst ACE, Smith DM, Massingham LJ, Pisani L, Costin CE, Ostrander B, Filloux FM, Ananth AL, Mohamed IS, Nechai A, Dao JM, Fahey MC, Aliu E, Falchek S, Press CA, Treat L, Eschbach K, Starks A, Kammeyer R, Bear JJ, Jacobson M, Chernuha V, Meibos B, Wong K, Sweney MT, Espinoza AC, Van Orman CB, Weinstock A, Kumar A, Soler-Alfonso C, Nolan DA, Raza M, Rojas Carrion MD, Chari G, Marsh ED, Shiloh-Malawsky Y, Parikh S, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Fulton S, Sogawa Y, Burns K, Malets M, Montiel Blanco JD, Habela CW, Wilson CA, Guzmán GG, Pavliuk M
JAMA Neurol 2022 Dec 1;79(12):1267-1276. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3651. PMID: 36315135Free PMC Article
Falsaperla R, Sciuto L, La Spina L, Sciuto S, Praticò AD, Ruggieri M
Metab Brain Dis 2021 Dec;36(8):2195-2203. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1007/s11011-021-00798-1. PMID: 34403026Free PMC Article
Sharpe C, Reiner GE, Davis SL, Nespeca M, Gold JJ, Rasmussen M, Kuperman R, Harbert MJ, Michelson D, Joe P, Wang S, Rismanchi N, Le NM, Mower A, Kim J, Battin MR, Lane B, Honold J, Knodel E, Arnell K, Bridge R, Lee L, Ernstrom K, Raman R, Haas RH; NEOLEV2 INVESTIGATORS
Pediatrics 2020 Jun;145(6) Epub 2020 May 8 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3182. PMID: 32385134Free PMC Article

Therapy

Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, MacDonald JM, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS
Neurology 2022 Sep 20;99(12):e1227-e1238. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200889. PMID: 35817569Free PMC Article
Falsaperla R, Sciuto L, La Spina L, Sciuto S, Praticò AD, Ruggieri M
Metab Brain Dis 2021 Dec;36(8):2195-2203. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1007/s11011-021-00798-1. PMID: 34403026Free PMC Article
Sharpe C, Reiner GE, Davis SL, Nespeca M, Gold JJ, Rasmussen M, Kuperman R, Harbert MJ, Michelson D, Joe P, Wang S, Rismanchi N, Le NM, Mower A, Kim J, Battin MR, Lane B, Honold J, Knodel E, Arnell K, Bridge R, Lee L, Ernstrom K, Raman R, Haas RH; NEOLEV2 INVESTIGATORS
Pediatrics 2020 Jun;145(6) Epub 2020 May 8 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3182. PMID: 32385134Free PMC Article
Strzelczyk A, Zöllner JP, Willems LM, Jost J, Paule E, Schubert-Bast S, Rosenow F, Bauer S
Epilepsia 2017 Jun;58(6):933-950. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13716. PMID: 28295226
Alfirevic Z, Devane D, Gyte GM, Cuthbert A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 3;2(2):CD006066. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006066.pub3. PMID: 28157275Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Fujiwara R, Journey M, Al-Doori F, Bell P, Judge B, Miracle K, Ito K, Jones S
Pharmacol Ther 2023 Aug;248:108468. Epub 2023 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108468. PMID: 37290575
Wennerholm UB, Saltvedt S, Wessberg A, Alkmark M, Bergh C, Wendel SB, Fadl H, Jonsson M, Ladfors L, Sengpiel V, Wesström J, Wennergren G, Wikström AK, Elden H, Stephansson O, Hagberg H
BMJ 2019 Nov 20;367:l6131. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6131. PMID: 31748223Free PMC Article
Alfirevic Z, Devane D, Gyte GM, Cuthbert A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 3;2(2):CD006066. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006066.pub3. PMID: 28157275Free PMC Article
Altman D, Carroli G, Duley L, Farrell B, Moodley J, Neilson J, Smith D; Magpie Trial Collaboration Group
Lancet 2002 Jun 1;359(9321):1877-90. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08778-0. PMID: 12057549
Painter MJ, Bergman I, Crumrine P
Pediatr Clin North Am 1986 Feb;33(1):91-109. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)34971-9. PMID: 3513103

Clinical prediction guides

Solmi M, De Toffol M, Kim JY, Choi MJ, Stubbs B, Thompson T, Firth J, Miola A, Croatto G, Baggio F, Michelon S, Ballan L, Gerdle B, Monaco F, Simonato P, Scocco P, Ricca V, Castellini G, Fornaro M, Murru A, Vieta E, Fusar-Poli P, Barbui C, Ioannidis JPA, Carvalho AF, Radua J, Correll CU, Cortese S, Murray RM, Castle D, Shin JI, Dragioti E
BMJ 2023 Aug 30;382:e072348. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072348. PMID: 37648266Free PMC Article
Desaunay P, Eude LG, Dreyfus M, Alexandre C, Fedrizzi S, Alexandre J, Uguz F, Guénolé F
Paediatr Drugs 2023 May;25(3):247-265. Epub 2023 Feb 28 doi: 10.1007/s40272-023-00561-2. PMID: 36853497
Falsaperla R, Sciuto L, La Spina L, Sciuto S, Praticò AD, Ruggieri M
Metab Brain Dis 2021 Dec;36(8):2195-2203. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1007/s11011-021-00798-1. PMID: 34403026Free PMC Article
Alfirevic Z, Devane D, Gyte GM, Cuthbert A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 3;2(2):CD006066. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006066.pub3. PMID: 28157275Free PMC Article
Noerr B
Neonatal Netw 2000 Dec;19(8):65-7. doi: 10.1891/0730-0832.19.8.65. PMID: 11949276

Recent systematic reviews

Desaunay P, Eude LG, Dreyfus M, Alexandre C, Fedrizzi S, Alexandre J, Uguz F, Guénolé F
Paediatr Drugs 2023 May;25(3):247-265. Epub 2023 Feb 28 doi: 10.1007/s40272-023-00561-2. PMID: 36853497
Falsaperla R, Sciuto L, La Spina L, Sciuto S, Praticò AD, Ruggieri M
Metab Brain Dis 2021 Dec;36(8):2195-2203. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1007/s11011-021-00798-1. PMID: 34403026Free PMC Article
Veroniki AA, Rios P, Cogo E, Straus SE, Finkelstein Y, Kealey R, Reynen E, Soobiah C, Thavorn K, Hutton B, Hemmelgarn BR, Yazdi F, D'Souza J, MacDonald H, Tricco AC
BMJ Open 2017 Jul 20;7(7):e017248. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017248. PMID: 28729328Free PMC Article
Strzelczyk A, Zöllner JP, Willems LM, Jost J, Paule E, Schubert-Bast S, Rosenow F, Bauer S
Epilepsia 2017 Jun;58(6):933-950. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13716. PMID: 28295226
Alfirevic Z, Devane D, Gyte GM, Cuthbert A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 3;2(2):CD006066. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006066.pub3. PMID: 28157275Free PMC Article

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