Asphyxia at birth
Birth asphyxia may be the result of intrauterine asphyxia, occurring at 1 to 2 per 1000 deliveries.
A recent move has renamed the condition hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, which gives better information about what to expect, and which is a less emotionally loaded term in an era of high litigation.
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