CHAPTER 21 Seizures
• Seizures can present as subtle alterations in behaviour or movement (including eyes and/or face); hypoventilation, respiratory pauses or apnoea; or more obvious tonic, clonic or tonic-clonic episodes.
• Seizures are most commonly associated with hypoxicischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). In babies with HIE it is also important to control other potential causes of seizures such as hypoglycaemia and hyponatraemia — check blood sugar level (BSL) and urea & electrolytes (U&Es).
• Brief myoclonic jerks are common in preterm infants and do not usually represent seizure activity.
