Neonatal Aspects of the Relationship Between Intrapartum Events and Cerebral Palsy

Recent years have witnessed an international, multisource effort to define and progressively improve evidence-based criteria for defining the relationship between perinatal events and the subsequent development of cerebral palsy. The neonatal components of these criteria include neonatal encephalopathy, Apgar score, multisystem organ dysfunction, and currently available neuroimaging methods. This review focuses on current knowledge and unresolved issues regarding these criteria.