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BACKGROUND

Critically ill neonates are at high risk for adverse neurologic sequelae, but the bedside evaluation of a neonate's neurologic status, especially cortical functioning, is extremely limited. In such circumstances, continuous video EEG provides particularly useful information about brain function and can identify electroencephalographic seizures without clinical correlate (Clancy et al., 1988; Murray et al., 2008). For these reasons, continuous video EEG monitoring is a useful tool in the intensive care nursery. The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society has recently produced guidelines regarding methods and indications for continuous EEG monitoring in neonates (Shellhaas et al., 2011).