Abstract
Although the child mortality rate has been decreasing worldwide, the neonatal death rate has remained high. In Brazil, according to official statistics from 2013, neonatal mortality was responsible for 69% of the deaths. According to the Brazilian Pediatric Society, from 2005 to 2010, there were 5 to 6 early deaths daily associated with perinatal asphyxia in low-risk newborns (NB), weighi…