Normal EEG Patterns in the Pediatric Population

The EEG patterns change rapidly as the brain matures from in-utero to birth and to adulthood. Certain EEG patterns and duration of continuity are unique to healthy neonates that are not seen at any other age and can be considered abnormal in adults.

Due to rapid development of the brain, the patterns change from week to week in pre-term and full-term neonates. When analyzing neonate EEG, it is of great importance to know the gestational and chronological age of the baby.

Without having accurate information of babies age at birth the EEG patterns can be misdiagnosed which otherwise are normal for the age.   

The EEG background of neonates during wake and sleep states is highly variable and changes rapidly. The common terms to describe the neonate EEG are continuity, frequency, synchrony, symmetry, and reactivity. During early childhood and early adolescence, the sleep and wake patterns start to resemble that of adult EEG.

This webinar will discuss maturational changes in EEG from premature babies to kids up to 12 years old.