This blog will discuss several different birth injuries in the next five posts in order to shed some light on these conditions. The first condition to be discussed is excessive newborn jaundice. Some conditions in newborns are common, but if a physician fails to spot and treat a common ailment
A recent opinion piece in CNN by a woman who works as an executive in the fields of maternal health and public health says that the U.S. needs to do more to prevent infant mortality. She says that it is terrible that the U.S. ranks behind the majority of developed
The prospect of severe disabilities as result of a birth injury is daunting challenge for a new family. Long term hospitalization and therapy can quickly deplete much of the family’s resources of time, money and energy. While this is undeniably challenging, other families are less fortunate, in some cases the
Hospitals use more and more high-tech equipment to improve patient care, but there are often much simpler ways to prevent mistakes. Preventing errors is best accomplished through taking human error out of the equation as much as possible. A recent article in the Los Angeles Times looks at this topic and what
A case soon to be heard by the highest court of another state will deal with some difficult and controversial issues in the trying of medical malpractice and birth injury cases. The case involves an 8-year-old girl who is suffering from disabilities that her parents claim were caused by obstetrician errors during
As discussed in the previous post, in this age of technology, it is often the simple things hospitals do to prevent errors that save patient lives. Dr. Donald Berwick was appointed by President Obama as head of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, but his appointment runs out at the end of the year. Before
As discussed in the previous post, a birth injury case currently making its way through the courts of another state deals with complicated issues of whether a disabled person who is at the heart of the case should be allowed to remain in the courtroom during the trial. According to
As discussed in the previous two posts, an ongoing medical malpractice case in another state has brought up some complicated issues regarding whether a child disabled by an alleged birth injury should be allowed in a courtroom. The case has been appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia. The high
A recent study found that colds and flu did not appear to increase the risk of cerebral palsy in a pregnant woman’s developing baby. The study was published in “Obstetrics and Gynecology.” The study did find that more serious infections in the second half of pregnancy could lead to an
When an infant suffers a birth injury, the baby may need numerous treatments in order to mitigate the negative health consequences. Some of these treatments may be minor and not have any long term impact on the child. Other circumstances may require numerous surgeries and other interventions. A recent study