Editing Perinatal asphyxia (section)

== Medicolegal aspects ==
There is current controversy regarding the medicolegal definitions and impacts of birth asphyxia. Plaintiff's attorneys often take the position that birth asphyxia is often preventable, and is often due to substandard care and human error.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica|last=Andreasen|first=Stine|doi=10.1111/aogs.12276|pmid=24237480|volume=93|issue = 2|journal=Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica|pages=152–158|year = 2014|doi-access=free}}</ref> They have utilized some studies in their favor that have demonstrated that, "... although other potential causes exist, asphyxia and hypoxic-ihy affect a substantial number of babies, and they are preventable causes of cerebral palsy."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cobar.org/cle/photos/medical-legal/new/Handouts/APFEL%20HANDOUT%20-%20Birth%20Asphyxia%20&%20Cerebral%20Palsy-Trial.%20color%20copy.pdf|title=APFEL Handout: Birth Asphyxia & Cerebral Palsy|website=Colorado Bar Association|access-date=April 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416060253/http://www.cobar.org/cle/photos/medical-legal/new/Handouts/APFEL%20HANDOUT%20-%20Birth%20Asphyxia%20%26%20Cerebral%20Palsy-Trial.%20color%20copy.pdf|archive-date=April 16, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cohen|first=Frances M.|date=2003|title=Origin and Timing of Brain Lesions in Term Infants with Neonatal Encephalopathy|pmid=12620738|journal=The Lancet|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12658-X|volume=361|issue=9359|pages=736–42|s2cid=31057958 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Becher|first1=J-C|last2=Stenson|first2=Bj|last3=Lyon|first3=Aj|date=2007-11-01|title=Is intrapartum asphyxia preventable?|journal=BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology|language=en|volume=114|issue=11|pages=1442–1444|doi=10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01487.x|pmid=17877776|issn=1471-0528|doi-access=free}}</ref> The [[American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] disputes that conditions such as cerebral palsy are usually attributable to preventable causes, instead associating them with circumstances arising prior to birth and delivery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/457882|title=Summary of the Publication, "Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy: Defining the Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology," by the ACOG Task Force on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy|last=Van Eerden|first=Peter|website=Medscape|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>