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

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) task force on neonatal seizures has recently published draft guidelines and consensusbased 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.

Clinical Profile of Neonates with Hypernatremic Dehydration in an Outborn Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

This hospital-record review describes the clinical profile ofhypernatremic dehydration in neonates. 49 neonates (3.4% of thetotal admitted newborns) developed hypernatremic dehydrationbetween January 2014 and August 2015. The major presentingcomplaints were fever (34.6%), poor feeding (42.8%), loosestools (40.8%) and lethargy (26.5%). The mean (SD) time neededfor correction of hypernatremia was 38.6 (15.1) hours. Exclusivelybreastfed neonates had lesser complication rates ofhypernatremic dehydration.