The role of perinatal and intrapartum risk factors in the etiologyof cerebral palsy in term deliveries in a Turkish population

Intrapartum risk factors were significantly more frequent in the CP group (p < 0.01). An increased cesarean section rate could not prevent CP, suggesting that the hypoxic insult that causes CP might be of chronic onset. The development of diagnostic tests to detect non-reassuring fetal status in its intrauterine life and interventions at appropriate times may decrease the CP rate.