Table 2 Clinical indicators of avoidable brain injury associated to hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE): potentially relevant data items that were identified in one or more of the data sources.
From: Improving UK data on avoidable perinatal brain injury: review of data dictionaries and consultation
MSDS version 2.0 | HES APC | NNRD | NMPA 2015–2017 | NMPA 2017–2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baby alive or dead at birth | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
Apgar score at one and five minutes | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
Time to first spontaneous breathing | N | N | Y | Y | N |
Resuscitation | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Resuscitation method (bag and mask, intubation) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Umbilical cord blood pH, arterial, venous, base deficit/lactate | N | N | Y | Y | N |
Seizures | Y | Ya | Y | Y | Y |
Transfer to neonatal unit | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Therapeutic hypothermia | N | N | Y | Y | N |
Neurology – Central tone | N | Ya | Y | Y | Ya |
Neurology – Consciousness | N | Ya | Y | Y | Ya |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan | N | N | Y | Y | N |
Cerebral function monitoring (CFM) or electroencephalogram (EEG) | N | N | Y | Y | N |
Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) | N | Ya | Y | Y | Ya |
