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Introduction: Severe hypoxic ischemic organ damage is caused by asphyxia innewborns which can follow fatal outcomes or severe life-long pathologies like renal insufficiency.We wanted to note the frequency of renal derangement in neonates having asphyxia neonatoumin this study. Setting & Period: Department of Pediatrics, Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH),Bahawalpur, from 1st January 2017 to 31st June 2017. Materials & Methods: Two hundredand sixty four neonates of both genders with birth asphyxia were included in the study. Mainoutcome was renal derangement in asphyxia neonatorum. Results: Mean weight was 2.54kg with standard deviation 0.50 kg and having mean APGAR score 4.43 with SD 1.66. 0It wasnoted that 189 (71.6%) neonates had Renal derangement in which 109 (57.7%) were males and80 (42.3%) were females with mean of weight was 2.53kg, having mean APGAR score 4.44.Conclusion: Renal derangement is quite common in neonates with birth asphyxia.