Abstract
Background: Perinatal asphyxia is characterized among the fetus or new born due to deficiency of perfusion to the various organs of the fetus or new born. Birth asphyxia is the single most important perinatal cause of brain damage in term infants. When asphyxia is followed by an abnormal neonatal behavior a syndrome has been described known as hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
 Material & Methods: The new born with congenital malformation of CNS were excluded from the study. Each selected newborn was subjected to Apgar scoring at birth and assessment of gestational age. The Apgar scoring was done at one and five minutes after births and infants were categorized into mild, moderate and severe birth asphyxia according to Apgar score at 1 minute of age after birth
 Results: In the present study, on the basis of clinical symptoms we found that asphyxiated group males comprised 62% cases and females 38% cases male female ratio was 1.63:1.0 it is statistically in significant. as compared to control group where male female ratio was 2.59:1. In Mild and moderate asphyxia male preponderance was seen while in severe asphyxia the difference was not marked There was no statistically significant sex difference in birth asphyxia.
 Conclusion: We concluded from the present study that in resuscitation of mild and moderately asphyxiated babies Bag and Mask was used more frequently (40% and 82.5% respectively) and endotracheal tube with Ambubag was used more (75%) frequently for severely asphyxiated babes.
 Key words: asphyxia, resuscitation, Ambubag.
Highlights
Perinatal asphyxia is characterized among the fetus or new born due to deficiency of perfusion to the various organs of the fetus or new born [1]
The Apgar scoring was done at one and five minutes after births and infants were categorized into mild, moderate and severe birth asphyxia according to Apgar score at 1 minute of age after birth Results: In the present study, on the basis of clinical symptoms we found that asphyxiated group males comprised 62% cases and females 38% cases male female ratio was 1.63:1.0 it is statistically insignificant as compared to control group where male female ratio was 2.59:1
We concluded from the present study that in resuscitation of mild and moderately asphyxiated babies Bag and Mask was used more frequently (40% and 82.5% respectively) and endotracheal tube with Ambubag was used more (75%) frequently for severely asphyxiated babes
Summary
Perinatal asphyxia is characterized among the fetus or new born due to deficiency of perfusion to the various organs of the fetus or new born [1]. Birth asphyxia is the single most important perinatal cause of brain damage in term infants [2]. When asphyxia is followed by an abnormal neonatal behavior a syndrome has been described known as hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [3]. A variety of biochemical disturbances accompanies with birth asphyxia and they can contribute to the neurological syndrome and brain damage of asphyxiated new born Hypoglycemia is a common metabolic alteration in birth asphyxia [5]. Hypocalcaemia is a common metabolic alteration in neonatal asphyxia syndrome [8]. The exact of mechanism of hypocalcaemia in birth asphyxia is not known. The most important application of this technique lies in elucidating the mechanism and evolution of preventive measures against perinatal brain damage. We conduct present study to assess the burden of Asphyxiated Babies According to Method of Resuscitation at tertiary care hospital
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