TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neonatal Encephalopathy A1 - Laptook, Abbot R. A2 - Stevenson, David K. A2 - Cohen, Ronald S. A2 - Sunshine, Philip PY - 2015 T2 - Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures 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 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109791867 ER -