Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), remains a serious conditionthat causes significant mortality and long term morbidity.It is important to establish a simple and quick method that could be usedto predict the occurrence of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) asearly as possible by investigating the variations of nucleated red bloodcells per 100 white blood cell (NRBC/100 WBC) counts and lactatelevels in cord blood of the newborn.