Fas-ligand and interleukin-6 in the cerebrospinal fluid are early predictors of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and long-term outcomes after birth asphyxia in term infants

Table 2 Final outcome of asphyxiated newborns and newborn nonasphyxiated controls

	Controls	HIE-I	HIE-II	HIE-III
Number of patients	20	14	16	14
Outcome
Normal	20	14	6	0
Adverse^a	0	0	10	6
Death	0	0	0	8

HIE Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
^aAdverse neurological outcome, including neurodevelopmental delay with developmental scores < 85 on BSID-III, deafness or blindness, and cerebral palsy or seizure disorder

ISSN: 1742-2094