A systematic review of the role of intrapartum hypoxia-ischemia in the causation of neonatal encephalopathy

EM Graham, KA Ruis, AL Hartman… - American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of an umbilical arterial
pH< 7.0; the incidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; and the proportion of cerebral
palsy associated with intrapartum hypoxia-ischemia in nonanomalous term infants. STUDY
DESIGN: A systematic review of the English language literature on the association between
intrapartum hypoxia-ischemia and neonatal encephalopathy was conducted by using
PUBMED and EMBASE. RESULTS: For nonanomalous term infants, the incidence of an …