Abstract

RUIZ TELLECHEA, Yolma et al. Polisomnografía neonatal en recién nacidos con peso al nacer inferior a 1 500 gramos. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2000, vol.72, n.2, pp. 94-99. ISSN 1561-3119.

The usefulness of neonatal polysomnography was assessed in 64 infants weighing under 1 5000 at birth and born at "Ramón González Coro" Gynecologic and Obstetric Hospital from October 1988 to August 1994. The usefulness of this technique for neurologically evaluating very low birth weight neonates and the benefits of followup electroencephalographic studies were studied as well as the association of polysomnography with neonatal mortality was determined. In this risk group, polysomnogram on term pregnancy was a good indicator of the anatomofunctional status of the central nervous system in the neonatal period. The benefits of follow-up electroencephalographic study and the existence of a significant relationship between polysomnography and anatomopathological lesions found in dead very low birth weight infants were proved.

Keywords : POLYSOMNOGRAPHY [methods]; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.

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