Keeling J W
Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol. 1981;394(1-2):1-29. doi: 10.1007/BF00431662.
The role of intrapartum asphyxia and cerebral birth trauma as an important cause of perinatal mortality is well known and its contribution to perinatal morbidity as a cause of cerebral palsy is widely appreciated. This has led to more careful monitoring of pregnancy and labour, although monitoring techniques are not without hazard. The widespread availability of intensive care facilities for the newborn has resulted in the survival of many infants, particularly those of low birth weight, who might previously have died. Efficacious modes of treatment may, unfortunately, bring in their wake serious problems in the form of iatrogenic disease which may cause or contribute to rapid demise or whose effects may be fully apparent for many years. Ante natal investigations have also become frequently used and have their own hazards.
产时窒息和脑性产伤作为围产期死亡的重要原因，其作用广为人知，并且作为脑瘫的一个病因，它们对围产期发病率的影响也得到了广泛认可。这导致了对妊娠和分娩进行更仔细的监测，尽管监测技术并非没有风险。新生儿重症监护设施的广泛普及使得许多婴儿得以存活，尤其是那些低出生体重儿，他们在以前可能会死亡。不幸的是，有效的治疗方式可能会引发严重问题，即医源性疾病，这种疾病可能导致快速死亡或促成快速死亡，或者其影响可能在许多年后才会完全显现。产前检查也已被频繁使用，并且有其自身的风险。
