Asphyxia Neonatorum The failure of an infant to breathe at birth. Babies who are born asphyxiated do not breathe or cry when they are delivered. In mild cases of asphyxia the infant s risk of asphyxia is lower than in the past due to improved prenatal...

Perinatal asphyxia is the medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen (hypoxia) to a newborn infant long enough to cause apparent harm. It results most commonly from a drop in maternal blood pressure or interference during delivery with blood...