[Perinatal risk factors for the development of autonomic disorders in premature newborns]

Disturbances in the premature neonate vegetative nervous system are often manifested by specific symptomatology, they can complicate the course of the underlying disorder. A total of 126 premature neonates with respiratory distress syndrome of non-septic genesis and hypoxic-ischemic affection of the central nervous system were kept under observation. Disturbances in the vegetative nervous system in the neonates during the first days of their lives develop chiefly under the influence of such perinatal factors as the course of pregnancy, institution in the neonate primary resuscitation measures, scores on Apgar scale, Ballard gestational age, and severity of status of the child during its early neonatal period. In elaborating hypothetical regression models risk for vegetative disorders with all risk factors combined is Rr = 21.37 and is 15 times as high as that with no above-named conditions.