Sentences with phrase «as nuchal cord»
This is a common occurrence, known as nuchal cord, that obstetricians are trained to recognize and respond to.
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The failure to diagnose may occur not only during labor and delivery but also during a woman's pregnancy, if complications such as nuchal cord occur.
This may occur when the fetus is deprived of oxygen by getting stuck in the birth canal, when the baby is not delivered within 24 hours of the mother's water breaking, or when the umbilical cord becomes wrapped around the baby's neck (known as nuchal cord).
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And guess what, my 10 lb (we expected a big baby as his older brothers were each over 9 lbs) baby got stuck with a shoulder dystocia AND a freaking Nuchal cord.
If, for example, an obstetrician fails to timely order or perform a C - section when nuchal cord is detected and this failure is found to have been a cause of the baby's HIE childbirth injury, the obstetrician may be found liable for the damages suffered by the child as a result of the injury in an action for medical malpractice.
Birth traumas occur during the process of childbirth through, for example, the compression or prolapse of the umbilical cord, nuchal cord, or the pressure on a fetus's head or other parts of the body as the fetus passes through the birth canal.