Differences Between a Birth Trauma and Compression Hypoxia

For a long time there is a problem of separation of hypoxia (asphyxia) and birth trauma. To resolve it, it is necessary to recognize this type of lesion as “compression hypoxia” and share it with a birth trauma. Morphological signs of differences between compression hypoxia and birth trauma, two forms of lesions caused by head compression, are given. The causes of death in birth trauma of the skull and the causes of intrapartum hypoxia are described. It has been shown that in many intranatally deceased children and newborns, intradural hemorrhages in the cerebellum are known, indicating head compression during labor.