Sentences with phrase «by use of forceps»

Often, brain damage is caused by lack of oxygen during birth or by the use of forceps or a vacuum during the birthing process.

Some cases of ptosis are the result of a traumatic delivery, in which an infant is caught in the birth canal or in which an infant is damaged by the use of forceps during birth.

Unless it is the last resort, avoid medical intrusions such as labor induction, routine IV, delivery assisted by use of forceps, C - section, vacuum extraction, and episiotomy (rarely used nowadays).

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If forceps are going to be used, I, personally, would want them used by people with lots and lots of practice.

These deaths are completely preventable by restricting the frequent use of hospital interventions that cause them: inductions and augmentations (currently 50 % of low risk births), forceps & vacuum (5 % of low risk births), rupturing membranes (85 % of low risk births), epidurals (50 % of low risk births), frequent vaginal exams (98 % of low risk births), general anesthesia at cesareans (5 % of low risk births).

For the baby, instrumental delivery can increase the short - term risks of bruising, facial injury, displacement of the skull bones, and cephalohematoma (blood clot under the scalp).24 The risk of intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding inside the brain) was increased in one study by more than four times for babies born by forceps compared to spontaneous birth, 25 although two studies showed no detectable developmental differences for forceps - born children at five years old.26, 27 Another study showed that when women with an epidural had a forceps delivery, the force used by the clinician to deliver the baby was almost twice the force used when an epidural was not in place.28

Also, the number of Cesarean sections dropped by 50 percent, oxytocin use for labor induction decreased by 40 percent, forceps use by 40 percent, and the average length of labor by 25 percent.

We used reliable methods to assess the quality of the evidence and looked at seven key outcomes: preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy); the risk of losing the baby in pregnancy or in the first month after birth; spontaneous vaginal birth (when labour was not induced and birth not assisted by forceps; caesarean birth; instrumental vaginal birth (births using forceps or ventouse); whether the perineum remained intact, and use of regional analgesia (such as epidural).

Crown height reduction can often be curative in the beginning stages of dental disease when accompanied by diet correction and other preventive measures.1 — 3 However, in cases of moderate to severe dental disease, crown height reduction procedures will need to be performed repeatedly.1 - 3 Overgrown incisors or cheek teeth should be trimmed using a dental bur or trimming forceps (FIGURE 6A) designed specifically for crown reduction.1 - 3 Nail trimmers, rongeurs, and other manual cutting tools should never be used to perform crown height reduction.2, 3 Root damage, tooth fractures or splinters, and abnormal regrowth are likely to occur when using improper equipment.2, 3 Crown reduction performed without sedation or anesthesia is difficult and often done blindly, resulting in missed sharp points or spurs and injury to the gums, cheeks, or tongue.1 - 3 Rabbits with moderate to severe dental disease should be anesthetized, allowing crown reduction and reshaping to be performed with a low - speed dental bur while protecting soft tissues with bur guards and dental spatulas.1 — 3 (FIGURE 6B)

It found that births attended by «continuous doula support» — compared to those that weren't — had «lower use of epidural analgesia, less pitocin, fewer mothers developing fever, fewer forceps or vacuum deliveries, and an extremely low number of cesarean deliveries,» making doula support a relatively «risk - free intervention.»

During an especially traumatic birth, newborns may experience facial paralysis, often as a result of incorrect use of forceps or other actions taken by the medical provider.

The most common reason a physician might resort to the use of forceps is when the mother is not able to deliver the baby by herself.

Brain damage resulting in CP may be sustained by negligent use of forceps or vacuum devices to assist a difficult delivery.

Nerve damage is usually caused by excessive pressure being placed on the nerves in the infant's shoulder during the delivery process, but can also be caused by a vacuum assisted extraction procedures or the improper use of forceps.

Medical errors by the physician, nurse midwife or other medical providers responsible for the delivery of the baby may not have recognized the fact that the baby was unusually large, there were signs of fetal distress, chose not to timely order an emergency cesarean section when needed or was negligent in the use of forceps or a vacuum extractor all of which caused grave injury to the baby.