Sentences with phrase «for brachial plexus injury»

While some types of physical and occupational therapy can help children develop muscle strength to compensate for a brachial plexus injury, permanently damaged nerves almost never heal completely.

A birth weight higher than 4.5 kg carries a ten-fold risk increase for brachial plexus injury.

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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).

Bad outcomes for babies are death and permanent brain damage or other disability such as a brachial plexus injury sustained during a difficult vaginal delivery.

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.

Brachial plexus injuries in newborns can be catastrophic, life altering, life long, physical impairments for the new born.

The Cochran Firm wants to help you deal with the aftermath of brachial plexus damage resulting in Erb's palsy and get you the compensation you deserve for your child or loved one's injury.

In the unfortunate event that a baby suffers permanent injuries, such as a brachial plexus injury, you can seek compensation to account for their ongoing and future medical care needs.

A brachial plexus palsy attorney will work with you to determine the responsibility for this preventable birth injury.

Brachial plexus palsy lawyers are familiar with efforts to conceal the causes and responsibility for birth injuries and they can help you seek a just settlement.

Brachial plexus palsy lawyers seek to hold negligent medical providers responsible for preventable birth injuries.

If a medical professional does it the wrong way and applies the wrong kind of pressure, the baby can get a brachial plexus injury which results in that child's arm hanging limply to the side for the rest of his or her life.

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.