Altered autonomic control in preterm newborns with impaired neurological outcomes.

Purpose: Very preterm newborns are at high risk of neurological injury. The objective of this work was to study the impact of neurological aggression on the autonomic nervous system.

Methods: We studied polysomnography recordings, at term corrected gestational age, for 38 preterm infants born at less than 28 weeks or weighing less than 1 kg.