Birth Complications and Risk of Cerebral Palsy

Abstract

Statisticians at the National Institutes of Health (NINCDS), Bethesda, MD have compared the follow-up neurologic status of full-term infants whose birth was complicated but who were free of signs of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in the nursery period with asymptomatic infants whose births were uncomplicated.

Keywords

• hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
• collaborative perinatal project
• neonatal seizure