Preterm Infant's Heart Rate Variability Near Birth Predicts Autonomic Symptoms at Age 3 to 5 Years

Abstract

Aims To describe the autonomic function of premature infants born between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation, without medical risk factors, at the age of 3 to 5 years and to assess whether it's possible to predict the appearance of autonomic deficits in these children at this age range.

Keywords

• preterm
• autonomic symptoms
• follow-up
• heart rate variability