title: Does aggressive and expectant management of severe preeclampsia affect the neurologic development of the infant?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare and evaluate the influences of expectant and aggressive management of severe preeclampsia on the first year neurologic development of the infants in pregnancies between 27 and 34 weeks of pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy women with severe preeclampsia between 27 and 34 weeks of gestation were included in the study. 37 patients were managed aggressively (Group 1) and 33 patients were managed expectantly (Group 2). Glucocorticoids, magnesium sulfate infusion and antihypertensive drugs were administered to each group. After glucocorticoid administration was completed Group 1 was delivered either by cesarean section or vaginal delivery. In Group 2 magnesium sulfate infusion was stopped after glucocorticoid administration was completed. Antihypertensive drugs were given, bed rest and intensive fetal monitorization were continued in this group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average weeks of gestation, one minute and five minute apgar scores and hospitalization time in intensive care unit were similar in both groups (P > 0.05). Three neonatal complications in Group 2 and five in Group 1 were detected according to the Denver Developmental Screening Test-II and one pathologic case was detected in both groups following neurologic examination. Neonatal mortality was seen in seven patients in Group 1 and one in Group 2. There were no significant differences between groups in terms of neonatal mortality and morbidity and maternal morbidity (P > 0.05). The average latency period was 3.45 ± 5.48 days in Group 2 and none in Group 1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no significant difference in the first year neurological development of infants whose mothers underwent either expectant and aggressive management for severe preeclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences-Istanbul, Uskudar University Turkey.
authors.forename: Arif Aktuğ
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ertekin
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kapudere
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Meryem Kurek
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Eken
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Istanbul, Suleymaniye Research and Educational Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülşah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: İlhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Şükriye
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Dırman
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Istanbul, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Research and Educational Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sargın
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Güner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karatekin
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çöğendez
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Istanbul, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases, Education and Research Hospital Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Api
keywords: Severe preeclampsia; aggressive management; expectant management; neurologic development