Birth Asphyxia

This is spastic diplegia (cerebral palsy) after birth asphyxia.

What our notes say

• This is spastic diplegia (cerebral palsy) after birth asphyxia. (Paediatrics Year 6 MBChB end of semester CAT: clinical case MCQs, 29 of 30 quest)
• Neonatal risks: low birth weight, birth asphyxia, invasive procedures and lines, delayed or absent breastfeeding, and poor hygiene. (Integrated case paper: Medicine, Surgery, Gynaecology and Paediatrics (160 marks)
• Topics tested: dehydration and shock, neonatal sepsis, pathological jaundice, malnutrition, tetralogy of Fallot, milestones, Down syndrome, meningitis, birth asphyxia, prematurity, breast milk and rickets. (Paediatrics Year 4 MBChB end of semester CAT: triage, newborn care, growth and d)
• All of the following may be required in a one-hour-old infant with severe birth asphyxia EXCEPT: (Paediatrics Year 4 MBChB end of semester CAT: triage, newborn care, growth and d)
• Neonatal conditions: prematurity and its complications, birth asphyxia and neonatal sepsis (together nearly half of all deaths). (Paediatrics end of fourth year main exam: 1 July 2019, Paper One, 99 of 100 MCQs)
• Top three causes in Africa: prematurity (29%), severe infections (28%) and birth asphyxia (27%). (Safe motherhood, maternal and newborn health)

Study material on Birth Asphyxia

• Safe motherhood, maternal and newborn health

Related topics

• Neonatal Sepsis
• Severe Acute Malnutrition
• Obstructed Labour
• Hypoglycaemia
• Postpartum Haemorrhage
• Maternal Death
• Measles
• Tetanus
• Hypothyroidism
• Down Syndrome