新生儿窒息Asphyxia of the NewbornDr. Xiaoping LuoProfessor and ChairmanDepartment of PediatricsTongji HospitalTongji Medical College1 The highest mortality that befalls the human race in one day occurs on the day of birth. . It is said that the most important period of the life of a human being is the time spent in utero. The most trying ordeal a human being sustains is the ordeal of birth. Asphyxia Neonatorum: Causation and TreatmentProfessor of Obstetrics, Northwestern University Medical SchoolJos.