Evaluation of cerebral function in high risk term infants by using a scoring system based on aEEG

Amplitude integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) is derived from the original EEG signal by processing to digitally amplify, smooth, rectify, and compress allows for the evaluation of brain function in real time and in over long periods (1), which is considered a method that cannot interfere with routine medical care and the output can be interpreted by nonexperts. In the past four decades, aEEG has been refined and is now widely used in the neonate intensive care unit. It has been used for predicting the neurodevelopment outcome in infants with encephalopathy after asphyxia; monitoring seizures and effects of anticonvulsants; and as a marker for following the neurological maturation of the brain of premature infants (2-9)