Continous somatosensory evoked potentials and brain injury in neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy treated with hypothermia.

Early continuous somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) monitoring is correlated with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) lesions. Video electroencephalograms (VEEGs) are associated with lesions diagnosed after magnetic resonance imaging. Both showed high specificity, but VEEGs did not show high sensitivity. Continuously monitoring SEPs provides important information about HIE.