[Video-polygraphic-EEG study in the full-term newborn with low birthweight for their gestational age].
Video-polygraphic-EEG studies were performed in the first 24 life-hours of 26 healthy full-term newborns without perinatal injuries. The neurological examination and cranial ultrasonography were normal. The newborns were divided into two groups: one, with full-term appropriate--birth weight 11 newborns (control group) and the other with full-term low-birth weight 15 newborns. Thirteen newborns of the second group had video-polygraphic-EEG study abnormalities. The most frequent abnormalities were found in 11 cases, as far as sleep architecture is concerned. Also, when compared with the control group, 8 cases of an excessive amount of startles and 2 cases of low behavior activities were found. The results demonstrate the usefulness of video-polygraphic-EEG study in the full-term newborns with intra-uterine growth retard. This examination was sensitive to detect behavior, sleep architecture and EEG standard differences in the low birth-weight newborns as to the control group.
Padula
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Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina (FM) de Botucatu da Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP), Brasil. Pad@laser.com.br
Rugulo
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Padovani
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CR
Teixeira
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Fonseca
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RG
Moura-Ribeiro
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MV
de Melo
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D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording