J Heart Stroke | Volume 3, Issue 2 | Review Article | Open Access

The Impact of Early Life Stress on Longtime Heart Rate Variability and Neurocognitive Impairment in Infants with Critical Illness–A Comparison of Infants after Preterm Birth and Congenital Heart Disease

Reiner Buchhorn*, Christian Willaschek

Department of Paediatrics, Caritas Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Germany

*Correspondance to: Reiner Buchhorn 

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Abstract

Current literature about the programming effect of early life stress on neurocognition and cardiovascular risk focused on psychosocial risk factors and intrauterine growth retardation. Some data report on the programming effect of pediatric intensive care medicine most of all with respect to the protective effect of analgetics and sedatives on neurologic outcome.

Citation:

Buchhorn R, Willaschek C. The Impact of Early Life Stress on Longtime Heart Rate Variability and Neurocognitive Impairment in Infants with Critical Illness–A Comparison of Infants after Preterm Birth and Congenital Heart Disease. J Heart Stroke. 2018; 3(2): 1052.

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