| Diaphragmatic damage has been reported in patients dying of asphyxia, sudden infant death syndrome, and status asthmaticus. |
| Until recently, it was widely believed that asphyxia during a difficult delivery was the cause of most cases of cerebral palsy. |
| They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia. |
| The remaining cases included asphyxia, aspiration, sepsis, and unknown cause. |
| While asphyxia during delivery still causes some fetal deaths, it is not a common cause of these losses. |
| The reported cause of death was cardiorespiratory arrest caused by asphyxia as a result of strangulation and aspiration of gastric contents. |
