To study the incidence, clinical features, etiologic distribution, and day of seizure onset by etiology in neonates with seizures.
Prospective, population-based study involving all the obstetric and neonatal units across the province of Newfoundland, Canada. All units were given educational sessions on neonatal seizure symptomatology.
Detailed questionnaires were prospectively collected for all infants with probable neonatal seizures for a period of 5 years.
The incidence rate was 2. 6 per 1000 live births, 2.00 for term neonates, 11.1 for preterm neonates, and 13.5 for infants weighing