Reducing the percentage of surviving infants with acute symptomatic seizures discharged on anti-seizure medication.
J Perinatol
; 2024 Jul 23.
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| ID: mdl-39043995
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the impact of inclusion of an anti-seizure medication (ASM) weaning protocol in a neonatal seizure pathway on the percent of infants discharged on ASMs. STUDYDESIGN:
This cohort study included surviving infants with acute symptomatic seizures treated with ASMs across three institutions. We evaluated infants in 2 epochs, pre- and post-implementation of the ASM weaning protocol. The primary outcome was discharge on ASM.RESULTS:
Of 116 included infants, the percent of infants discharged on ASMs was 69% in epoch 1 versus 34% in epoch 2 (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference between epochs in recurrence of seizures after discharge by 1 year of age (p = 0.125). There was an annual decrease in the percent of infants discharged on ASM across all institutions.CONCLUSION:
Inclusion of a formal ASM weaning protocol as part of an institutional seizure pathway reduced percent of infants with acute symptomatic seizures discharged on ASM.
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