NEONATAL MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE AFTER PERINATAL ASPHYXIA

Abstract

Asphyxia is a combination of hypoxia and hypoperfusion that impairs gas exchange and the availability of energy substrates in tissues, causing tissue acidosis. Despite advances in perinatal care perinatal asphyxia remains a common condition that can have significant long-term consequences. The most serious consequence is brain damage or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, but other organ systems can also be significantly affected, requiring a multidisciplinary approach to the management of newborns following birth asphyxia.

Keywords

• asphyxia neonatorum
• multiple organ failure
• hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
• kidney
• liver
• heart
• gastrointestinal tract