Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most prevalent, severe and costly motor disability of childhood.
Consequently, CP is a public health priority for prevention, but its aetiology has proved …

Background Hypoxic perinatal brain injury is caused by lack of oxygen to baby's brain and
can lead to death or permanent brain damage. However, the effectiveness of therapeutic …

Background Although therapeutic hypothermia reduces death or disability after neonatal
encephalopathy in high-income countries, its safety and efficacy in low-income and middle …

This executive summary provides the essential treatment algorithms for the resuscitation of
children and adults and highlights the main guideline changes since 2010. Detailed …

The following guidelines for resuscitation at birth have been developed during the process
that culminated in the 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and …

These guidelines on paediatric life support are based on three main principles:(1) the
incidence of critical illness, particularly cardiopulmonary arrest, and injury in children is …

Neonatal hypoxia-ischaemia (HI) is the most common cause of death and disability in
human neonates, and is often associated with persistent motor, sensory, and cognitive …

Importance Hypothermia initiated at less than 6 hours after birth reduces death or disability
for infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at 36 weeks' or later gestation. To our …

Background: Intrapartum hypoxic events (“birth asphyxia”) may result in stillbirth, neonatal or
postneonatal mortality, and impairment. Systematic morbidity estimates for the burden of …

Early neonatal death (ENND), defined as the death of a newborn between zero and seven
days after birth, represents 73% of all postnatal deaths worldwide. Despite a 50% reduction …