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The primary outcome was defined as in-hospital mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 441 neonates were analyzed, the rate of in-hospital mortality was 12.5%. Multivariable logistic regression analysis (adjusted for 5\u2009min Apgar, initial base excess and Thompson score) showed that for every 1\u2009mmol\/L increase in serum phosphate level, the odds of death increased by 8.43-fold (95% CI 3.33\u221221.39;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001). ROC analysis demonstrated that a serum phosphate level above 2.58\u2009mmol\/L (a threshold remaining within the normal range) provided strong discriminatory potential for in-hospital mortality within this cohort (AUC 0.90; sensitivity 80%, specificity 89%). Among survivors, neurodevelopmental impairment (using the Bayley-II test) was not associated with the initial serum phosphate level.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results suggest that early serum phosphate may be a potential biomarker in the future and may additionally be used to determine the severity and short-term prognosis of neonates with NE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Impact<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Increased serum phosphate level at six hours of postnatal age was associated with higher odds of in-hospital mortality in infants with neonatal encephalopathy.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Unlike for mortality prediction, phosphate was not a significant predictor of neurodevelopmental outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Early serum phosphate may be a potential biomarker in the future and may additionally be used to determine the severity and short-term prognosis of neonates with neonatal encephalopathy.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41390-026-05476-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]],"date-time":"2026-09-08T17:44:46Z","timestamp":1788889486000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Association of early biochemical markers with in-hospital mortality in infants with neonatal encephalopathy"],"prefix":"10.1038","author":[{"given":"Benedek","family":"Paszthy-Szabo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hajnalka","family":"Barta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Agnes","family":"Jermendy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miklos","family":"Szabo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kata","family":"Kovacs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"5476_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"371","DOI":"10.1053\/j.semperi.2010.09.011","volume":"34","author":"JE Lawn","year":"2010","unstructured":"Lawn, J. 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