Page 3 - EEG of Newborn and Infants

Neonatal EEG

• Function of actual age of brain
• CA = gestational age + legal (chronological) age
• A number of age-specific normal EEG features for only

several weeks at a time
• Different clinical implication when seen at later ages
• Persistence or reappearance of patterns with immature

features (dysmaturity) means cerebral dysfunction
• More mature EEG pattern than expected is usually due

to underestimated CA