Maternal preeclampsia and jitteriness in preterm infants.
OBJECTIVE
To clarify the role of maternal preeclampsia in jitteriness in preterm infants.


METHODS
Sixteen premature infants of preeclamptic mothers were observed for occurrence of jitteriness and were compared with 32 premature infants born to normotensive women.


RESULTS
Jitteriness was present in a significantly higher percentage (75 vs 6%) and persisted longer (4.5 +/- 5.6 vs 1.5 +/- 0.7 days) in the preterm infants of preeclamptic mothers.


CONCLUSIONS
Maternal preeclampsia could be included among the pathological factors that cause jitteriness in preterm babies.
Ozkan
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Neonatology Unit, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. hozkan@cs.med.deu.edu.tr
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D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology