Clinical Study
Short-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Term Neonates Treated with Phenobarbital versus Levetiracetam: A Single-Center Experience
Table 2
Neurological assessment, seizures types, EEG study, and Hammersmith score of the LEV and PB groups before treatment.
| Orientation and behaviour | | | 0.41 | LEV group | PB group | value |
| Neurologic examination | Abnormal: 46% | Abnormal: 40% | 0.31 |
| Seizures types | Automatism: 13.33% | Automatism: 6.66% | | Tonic seizures: 26.66% | Tonic seizures: 20% | | Multifocal clonic seizures: 20% | Multifocal clonic seizures: 26.66% | | Focal clonic seizures: 40% | Focal clonic seizures: 40% | | Autonomic seizures: 6.66% | |
| EEG background study | | | | Discontinuity | 85% | 90% | | Burst suppression | 15% | 10% | |
| Hammersmith score | Hammersmith score (tot.) | | | 0.21 | Tone and posture score | | | 0.40 | Tone pattern score | | | 0.57 | Movements | | | 0.58 | Reflexes | | | 0.06 | Abnormal signs | | | 0.90 | Orientation and behaviour | | | 0.42 |
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