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Detecting heterogeneous seizures in newborn infants using triple correlation

Smith, G. A.; Henry, J.; van Drongelen, W.

2023-06-16 pediatrics
10.1101/2023.06.09.23291216 medRxiv
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We detect seizures in newborn infants using a novel method derived from triple correlation, which integrates spatial and temporal structure in neonatal electroencephalograms (EEGs). Triple correlation natively encompasses analogues to a variety of lower-order approaches (auto-correlation, cross-correlation) in addition to introducing higher-order signals, so we hypothesized that our approach would both effectively detect and differentiate notoriously difficult-to-detect and heterogeneous neonatal seizures. Indeed, our method in its simplest form performs comparably well to a current standard of care, amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG), and by some measures outperforms aEEG, suggesting at a minimum that a combination of triple correlation and aEEG could produce a more effective first-line bedside detector. Moreover, we find that the triple correlation seizure-signal varies between patients, with 1) differences in dominance of either within or between channel correlations and 2) differing levels of higher order structure. We hope that our approach will provide a fertile field for future work in distinguishing and detecting seizures.

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