ABSTRACT
Quarenta e cinco RN que apresentaram a síndrome da hiperexcitabilidade, após 72 horas de vida, constituiram o grupo de estudo. Distúrbios metabólicos foram identificados em 53// dos casos, sendo a hipocalcemia o mais freqüente. A anoxia neonatal ocorreu em 21 casos (46//), apesar de todos terem apresentado notas na escala de Apgar acima de 6, no 5§ minuto. Apenas 6 casos apresentaram associaçäo de anoxia neonatal e distúrbios metabólicos. A correçäo dos distúrbios metabólicos levou ao desaparecimento dos sintomas em apenas 1/3 das crianças
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Psychomotor Agitation/etiology , Tremor/etiology , Psychomotor Agitation/metabolism , Metabolic Diseases/complications , Hypoxia/complications , Infant, Premature , Risk Factors , Tremor/metabolismABSTRACT
Forty-five newborn infants with hyperexcitability lasting more than 72 hours were studied in the neonatal period. The association with metabolic disturbances, mainly hypocalcemia, was observed in 53% of cases. Neonatal asphyxia was observed in 21 cases (46%), although all infants had 5 minutes Apgar scores above 6. Only 6 cases had association between neonatal asphyxia and metabolic disturbances. The hyperexcitability syndrome faded away in 1/3 of the infants with metabolic abnormalities after their correction.
