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Published on: September 6, 2017
Postnatal Maturation of Amplitude Integrated Electroencephalography (aEEG) in Preterm Small for Gestational Age
Kamaldeep Arora1, Anu Thukral1, M Jeeva Sankar1
1Newborn Health Knowledge Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre For Training and Research in Neonatal Care, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Objective:
The primary objective was to evaluate the postnatal maturation pattern on aEEG during first two weeks of life in clinically stable and neurologically normal preterm small for gestational age (PSGA) and gestation matched (1 week) preterm appropriate for gestational age (PAGA) neonates born between 300/7 and 346/7 weeks of gestation.
Methods:
Serial aEEG tracings were recorded on 3rd, 7th and 14th day of life. The primary outcome was total aEEG maturation score. Three blinded assessors assigned the scores.
Results:
We analyzed a total of 117 aEEG recordings in 40 (19 PSGA and 21 PAGA) neonates. The baseline characteristics were comparable except for birthweight [1186 (263) vs 1666(230) g]. There was no difference in the mean (SD) total scores on day 3 (9.0 (1.8) vs. 9.5 (1.1), P=0.32) and day 14 of life, but was lower in PSGA infants on day 7 (8.6 (2.4) vs. 10.1 (1.1), P=0.02). On multivariate analysis, maturation of PSGA neonates was found to be significantly delayed at any point of life from day 3 to day 14 (mean difference, -0.8, 95% CI: -1.6 to -0.02, P=0.04).
Conclusions:
Lower aEEG maturation score on day 7 possibly indicates delayed maturation in PSGA neonates in the first week of life.
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