The Placenta in Neonatal Encephalopathy: A Case–Control Study

Objective We assessed whether specific histologic placental lesions were associated with risk for neonatal encephalopathy, a strong predictor of death or cerebral palsy. Study design Case–control study of singletons with gestational ages ≥35 weeks. Data were abstracted from a prospectively collected database of consecutive births at a hospital in which placental samples from specified sites are collected and stored for all inborn infants....