Evaluation of Seizure Risk in Infants After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Absence of Deep Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest.
Rebecca J LevyElizabeth W MayneAmanda G Sandoval KaramianMehreen IqbalNatasha PuringtonKathleen R RyanCourtney J WusthoffPublished in: Neurocritical care (2021)
Seizure incidence was similar to recent estimates even in the absence of deep hypothermic cardiac arrest. By employing random forest analysis, we were able to identify novel risk factors for postoperative seizure in this population and generate a robust model of seizure risk. Further work to validate our model in an external population is needed.