Aetiology
Causes include:
- prematurity
- birth asphyxia
- birth trauma with or without intraventricular haemorrhage
- hypoglycaemia
- hypocalcaemia
- infection
- maternal sedation which continues into neonatal life
- hypothermia
- hypovolaemia
- anaemia
Adapted from "Medical Lists for Examinations", Gabriel and Gabriel, Butterworth Heinemann.
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