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Treatment of Seizures in the Neonate: Special Report From the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures, 2022

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The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) task force on neonatal seizures has recently published draft guidelines and consensus-based recommendations on the treatment of neonatal seizures. This update provides a summary of the recommendations and the changes in management compared to the previous WHO ILAE guidelines, published in 2011, with emphasis on practical decision making requirements for a pediatrician.

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  1. Divison of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India

    Mamta Jajoo

  2. Department of Neonatology, Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi, India

    Pratima Anand

  3. Department of Paediatrics, I/C Paediatric Neurology Clinic, Choithram Hospital & Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Gouri Rao Passi

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Jajoo, M., Anand, P. & Passi, G.R. Treatment of Seizures in the Neonate: Special Report From the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures, 2022. Indian Pediatr 60, 675–678 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-023-2970-6

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