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STUDY-QUESTION Is there an association between the pH of umbilical cord blood at birth and perinatal and long term outcomes? SUMMARY ANSWER Low arterial cord pH showed strong, consistent, and temporal associations with clinically important outcomes, including neonatal mortality, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, seizures, intraventricular haemorrhage, and cerebral palsy. WHAT IS KNOWN AND WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS Neonatal and childhood mortality and morbidity, including cerebral palsy, are attributed to fetal acidosis, as defined by low cord pH at birth. Existing reports of the link between cord pH and adverse outcomes are conflicting. Our review found that low cord pH is substantially associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity, and cerebral palsy.