Abstract
Objective: To describe the relationship between neonatal hypoxia and the occurrence of epilepsy in childhood through a systematic review of the literature. Methods: This is an exploratory study carried out using the methodology of a systematic literature review. The search scenario was the world wide web using the Pubmed, Medline, Lilacs and Scielo databases as the research source, selecting scientific articles according to PRISMA criteria (2009) that refer to legitimacy through PICOS (Population / disease, Intervention / exposure of interest, Comparator, Outcomes / main outcome, Study design). The query to the databases occurred in April 2018, without restriction of year of publication. Results: We selected 29 articles for the reading of the full text. Among these included nine articles in the study, of which, all said that hypoxia was related to epilepsy. Final considetarions: In the present study it can be verified that neonatal hypoxia is one of the causes of epilepsy. We suggest new studies in the face of the scarcity of articles on the subject.