Sentences with phrase «by brachial»

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The authors chose to evaluate the results by creating an index of primary events comprising intrapartum stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, neonatal encephalopathy [brain damage] meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, and fractured humerus or clavicle.

Intrapartum stillbirths and early neonatal deaths accounted for 13 % of events, neonatal encephalopathy for 46 %, meconium aspiration syndrome for 30 %, brachial plexus injury for 8 %, and fractured humerus or clavicle for 4 % (see appendix 8 on bmj.com for distributions by planned place of birth).

Main outcome measure A composite primary outcome of perinatal mortality and intrapartum related neonatal morbidities (stillbirth after start of care in labour, early neonatal death, neonatal encephalopathy, meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, fractured humerus, or fractured clavicle) was used to compare outcomes by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour (at home, freestanding midwifery units, alongside midwifery units, and obstetric units).

In one study that looked at 387 children who experienced brachial plexus palsy, 92 % were born vaginally and 8 % were born by Cesarean (Chang et al. 2016).

Mayo's task force highlights caveats in the use of ankle - brachial index and C - reactive protein for cardiovascular risk assessment — two tests recommended by the ACC / AHA guideline — and recommends that the following additional tests could be considered to refine estimates of cardiovascular risk:

In keeping with this, recent studies showed that flavanols, a subclass of flavonoids that is richly represented in natural cocoa beans, increase NO production by cultured human vascular endothelial cells (16) and improve endothelium - dependent vasorelaxation (NO - dependent) in finger (2) and brachial (3) arteries of healthy humans.

The brachial artery test does measure this directly by measuring the rebound rate of the arterial diameter after a secondary stressor, in this case reduction in blood flow from a blood pressure cuff.

The first step is to find your pulse by pressing your index finger on the brachial artery, which is at the bend of your elbow, slightly to the inside center.

The lameness was caused by the one that was poking into his brachial area.

Erg - Duchenne Palsy is a type of birth injury to the brachial plexus that can be caused by medical malpractice.

As a likely response to the avoidability of the brachial plexus injury and the consequent lawsuits for the deviations from the standard of care by the delivering health care professional, beginning in the late 1990s, medical researchers looking for ways to defend against the claims began developing an alternative causation theory for obstetric brachial plexus injuries.

There is a school of thought that all brachial plexus injuries during birth are avoidable and are the product of either excessive traction on the baby's head by the obstetrician or the use of fundal pressure by labor and delivery nurses which further jams the shoulder into the pubic symphysis in combination with excessive traction.

Only a limited sense of the degree of injury can be assessed by physical exam and clinical observation of the baby's movement limitations; and the full extent of the injury and the specific locations of the lesion causing injury can only be determined by surgical exploration of the brachial plexus at the time of a reparative procedure.

Birth injuries can include cerebral palsy from lack of oxygen, failure of doctors to perform a Caesarian section to avoid a traumatic delivery, Erb's palsy or shoulder dystocia (brachial plexus injury) caused by a traumatic delivery, or developmental delays caused by lack of oxygen.

The more common types of injuries include cuts and bruises caused by pressure on the head during birth, facial paralysis, bone fractures, brachial plexus injury (nerve damage which results in paralysis of the arm) and cerebral palsy.

If, on the other hand, the fetus's macrosomia is found to have been caused by medical negligence during the mother's pregnancy, such negligence may be found to combine with the negligence of medical personnel assisting in her child's birth to cause a child's brachial plexus palsy or other birth injury.

The physician may, thus, be found liable in a medical malpractice action for a brachial plexus palsy injury sustained by the child during the child's vaginal delivery.

If your child sustained any type of brachial plexus palsy injury during childbirth and you suspect that your child's injury may have been caused by medical negligence, brachial plexus palsy attorney Jeff Killino will fight for the compensation to which you and your child are entitled.

If your child has sustained a brachial plexus palsy birth injury and you believe that your child's injury may have been caused by medical malpractice or negligence during your pregnancy or the delivery of your child, you may be entitled to compensation for the damages your child has suffered as a result.

Erb's palsy is also caused by mistakes during a baby's delivery that damage a crucial web of nerves known as the brachial plexus.

Klumpke paralysis is a medical condition caused by damage to the brachial plexus.

Erb's palsy may be caused by the same sorts of medical negligence that can lead to other brachial plexus palsies.