A vague term referring to the process whereby hypoxia occurring during the intrapartum period causes some chronic ill effect, the duration or severity of which is not specified but understood to be more than the expected compensatory responses. Some factors, such as acidosis or fetal distress, are followed by abnormal neurological signs, and hypoxic damage to other organs may be consistent with birth asphyxia, but they are not specific to it and can be indicators of damage occurring before labor.
See Anoxia, Hypoxia, Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, Hypoxemia, Newborn encephalopathy, Respiratory acidosis