Table: Causes of hypoxic-ischemia encephalopathy before conception, during prenatal life and and during parturition.  (IDDM: insulin-dependent diabetes; IUGR intrauterine growth restriction; Maternal pyrexia: raised body temperature associated with epidural analgesia during labor)

See Abruptio placentae, Anoxia, Apgar score, Birth asphyxia, Cerebral palsy, Cord prolapse, Epilepsy, Hypotonia, Hypoxia, Hypoxemia, Incidence, Intelligence, Intrauterine growth restriction or retardation (IUGR), Ischemia, Mental retardation, Muscle tone (or power), Newborn, Newborn encephalopathy, Pathophysiology, Perinatal, Perinatal focal Pre-eclampsia, Respiratory acidosis