This comprehensive and user-friendly guidebook is for physicians and health care professionals involved in the care of neonates undergoing electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings.

It aims to:

• Explain the technical aspect of neonatal EEG’s


• Outline the maturation of the EEG


• Distinguish normal background from an encephalopathic background


• Identify seizures


• Identify common artifacts


• Provide resource of neonatal seizures


• Address additional neonatal neurological concerns

Neonatal EEG serves as a complete and concise manual for many different types of physicians and providers, especially pediatric-based providers who are caring for neonates. It will provide more comfort with evaluation and management decisions based on the neonatal EEG.