Feasibility of long-term continuous EEG monitoring during the first days of life in preterm infants: an automated quantification of the EEG activity.

Long-term EEG monitoring (LTM) with several electrodes could be a useful tool for surveillance of the brain during the first critical days of life. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of multichannel LTM for automated analysis of EEG activity from d 1 to 3 using eight electrodes. Premature infants (GA <31 wk; n = 48) were continuously monitored for 3 d.

[Three special cases of pregnancy outcome to reflect about].

Background: Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP) may be a serious condition with prenatal intracranial haemorrhages. Our three cases of serious NAITP raise the question of whether pregnant women should be screened for thrombocyte type and then for HPA-1a antibodies if they are HPA-1bb positive.

Case Reports: We present three cases of severe NAITP in which screening and follow up of HPA-1a antibodies prevented serious sequelae in two of the siblings.