Heart rate variability in preterm brain-injured and very-low-birth-weight infants

• Published in: Biology of the neonate Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 147 - 155
• Main Authors: HANNA, B. D, NELSON, M. N, WHITE-TRAUT, R. C, SILVESTRI, J. M, VASAN, U, MELEEDY REY, P, PATEL, M. K, COMISKEY, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel Karger 01.01.2000; S. Karger AG
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebral Hemorrhage - physiopathology; Cerebral Ventricles; Child Development; Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death; Heart Rate; Humans; Infant, Low Birth Weight - physiology; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature - physiology; Intensive care medicine; Length of Stay; Leukomalacia, Periventricular - physiopathology; Medical sciences; Nervous System - growth & development; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Premature; Cerebral infarction; Psychomotor development; Nervous system diseases; Prognosis; Pregnancy disorders; Variability; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Very low birthweight; Heart rate; Newborn diseases; Periventricular leukomalacia; Cerebral hemorrhage; Central nervous system disease; Cerebrovascular disease

Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the complex interplay of the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the heart. Developmental maturation of the fetus and newborn results in predictable alterations in the neural cardiac control of heart rate. Furthermore, patterns of HRV are closely corr...