• J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Jan 2016

    Antenatal magnesium sulfate and neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants born to preeclamptic mothers.

    • Ozlem Bozkurt, Zeynep Eras, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Serife Suna Oguz, Nurdan Uras, and Ugur Dilmen.
    • a Department of Neonatology and.
    • J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2016 Jan 1; 29 (7): 1101-4.

    ObjectivePrevious studies demonstrated that magnesium sulfate is associated with better neurological outcome and decreased cerebral palsy rates in preterm newborns. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of antenatal magnesium sulfate on neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants.MethodsPreterm newborns with a gestational age of <32 weeks whose mothers were diagnosed with preeclampsia were extracted from the hospital records and files retrospectively. The neurodevelopmental assessment was performed at 2 years of age by developmental pediatrician. The results of the infants exposed to antenatal magnesium sulfate were compared with the control group.ResultsBetween the years 2010 and 2012, 387 preterm babies were born to preeclamptic mothers. Fifty-nine (15.2%) of them were exposed to antenatal magnesium sulfate. The main clinical characteristics did not differ between the groups. On the other hand, cerebral palsy was significantly lower in preterm infants exposed to magnesium sulfate compared to the control group (3.3% and 12.2%, respectively, p = 0.004). On multinominal logistic regression analysis, magnesium sulfate was not an independent significant factor to reduce CP on its own.ConclusionAntenatal magnesium sulfate can be used as a neuroprotective strategy especially for the prevention of cerebral palsy in preterm infants. Future studies should be designed to support the positive effect of antenatal magnesium sulfate on neurologic development.

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