Role of cerebral function monitoring in the newborn
- 1Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, UMC, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- 2Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
- Correspondence to:
Dr de Vries
Department of Neonatology, KE 04.123.1, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, the Netherlands; l.devrieswkz.azu.nl
- Accepted 8 December 2004
Abstract
For many years, newborn infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units have had routine electrocardiography and been monitored for respiratory rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. Only recently has it also been considered important to monitor brain function using continuous electroencephalography. The role of cerebral function monitoring in sick full term and preterm infants is reviewed.
- aEEG, amplitude integrated electroencephalography
- CFM, cerebral function monitor
- EEG, electroencephalography
- HIE, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
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Competing interests: none declared
