Table 2.

Summary of electroencephalography (EEG) studies in the delivery room.

Reference	Neonates	Number recruited and monitored	Design	Number included in analysis	Observation
Pichler et al. (42, 60)	>34 weeks	46	Observational Amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) analysed for minimum and maximum voltages Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)	N = 46 31 uncompromised 15 required respiratory support	No significant differences between minimum and maximum voltages when the 2 groups are compared Uncompromised infants had higher V max in minute 3 and 4 compared with minute 10
Tamussino et al. (61)	Term	244	Observational aEEG analysed for minimum and maximum voltages Infants with initial low voltages which normalized were compared to infants with normal voltages throughout NIRS	N = 59 9 met inclusion criteria 50 control studies	Neonates with initially low cerebral activity during immediate transition after birth displayed lower cerebral saturations (<10th percentile) on NIRS, but increased cerebral oxygen extraction (cFTOE >90th percentile)