Convulsiones

Question 1

¿Principales causas de convulsiones en neonatos?

Answer 1

Common etiologies of neonatal seizures:

1. -Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
   
   • Ischemic stroke
     
     • Arterial
     • Venous
2. -Intracranial hemorrhage
   
   • Intraparenchymal
   • Intraventricular
   • Subarachnoid
   • Subdural
3. -Central nervous system infection
   
   • Meningitis
   • Encephalitis
   • Intrauterine (prenatal) infection
4. -Metabolic disturbance
   
   • Hypoglycemia
   • Hypocalcemia
   • Hypomagnesemia
5. -Neonatal-onset epilepsy
   
   • Epileptic encephalopathy/genetic epilepsy syndrome
   • Congenital brain malformation
   • Benign familial neonatal epilepsy
   • Inborn error of metabolism