PREDICTORS OF NEONATAL ENCEFHALOPATHy IN FULL TERM INFANTS

Abstract

Neonatal encephalopaihy is an important clinical problem In infants born fuli term and is associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity as well as unfavourable long term neurodevelopmentat outcome . Neonatal encephatopathy is " a clinically defined syndrome of disturbed neurological function in the earliest days of life In the term infant f manifested by difficulty with initiating and maintaining respiration , depression of tone and reflexes r subnormal level of consciousness, and often by seizures