0 the condition of not getting enough oxygen in the body, usually leading to unconsciousness or death:
The role of fetal asphyxia has received disproportionate attention because of the limited understanding of genetic, infectious, metabolic and endocrinologic mechanisms of brain damage.
Thus, we conclude that an increase in cesarean section rate does not imply lower perinatal mortality or lower rate of asphyxia.
Partial asphyxia has been induced by reduced utero-placental blood -ow and partial cord occlusion.
These were acute studies in the anaesthetized fetal monkey exposed to partial asphyxia over variable periods of time.
The combination of asphyxia and ischaemia due to hypotension and hypoperfusion results in a decrease of cerebral oxygen consumption and, if sustained, brain damage.
Assessing the contribution of birth asphyxia to cerebral palsy in term singletons.
Its main aim was to serve as a screening test for intrapartum fetal asphyxia, which can cause fetal mortality or cerebral palsy.
Total asphyxia is unlikely in the human fetus.
