title: Maternal preeclampsia and jitteriness in preterm infants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neonatology Unit, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. hozkan@cs.med.deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Anal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Giray
mesh_terms: 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