RT Book, Section
A1 Laptook, Abbot R.
A2 Stevenson, David K.
A2 Cohen, Ronald S.
A2 Sunshine, Philip
SR Print(0)
ID 1109791867
T1 Neonatal Encephalopathy
T2 Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071763769
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109791867
RD 2024/04/25
AB Neonatal  encephalopathy  is  an  important  clinical  condition  with  which  all  providers  of  newborn  care  should  be  familiar.  It  is  a  condition  that  is  defined  and  characterized  by  the  findings  on  physical  examination  and  includes  combinations  of  abnormalities  in  level  of  consciousness,  muscle  tone,  activity,  reflexes,  brainstem  function/breathing  patterns,  seizures,  and  ability  to  feed.  In  the  past,  these  findings  have  been  equated  with  hypoxia-ischemia  or  asphyxia  as  an  etiology;  however,  more  comprehensive  assessments  of  neonatal  encephalopathy  indicated  that  a  casual  relationship  between  encephalopathy  and  hypoxia-ischemia  is  not  as  common  as  previously  thought.  What  has  emerged  is  the  concept  that  neonatal  encephalopathy  is  a  phenotype  for  a  broad  array  of  potential  diagnoses  in  the  neonatal  period  and  is  without  any  preconceived  implications  regarding  the  timing  of  events  that  precipitate  neonatal  encephalopathy.  The  term  neonatal  rather  than  newborn  encephalopathy  is  more  appropriate  because  this  is  a  condition  that  may  be  present  at  birth  or  develop  at  some  time  after  birth.  Thus,  the  objectives  of  this  chapter  are  to  provide  an  overview  of