Sentences with phrase «in severe brain damage»

Defended two obstetricians in a case involving an alleged delay in the performance of a c - section resulting in severe brain damage to the infant.

Anoxia can result in severe brain damage and lifelong medical problems.

Also at 11 a.m., Sen. Tony Avella holds a press conference with Helen Kim, Christine Colligan and members of the Korean community to demand that the Montefiore Hospital release information on their yearlong investigation into the assault on Seong Soo Kim that resulted in severe brain damage, Montefiore Hospital, Moses Campus, 111 E. 210th St., the Bronx.

At 11 a.m., NYC mayoral candidate and state Sen. Tony Avella demands that the Montefiore Hospital release information on the investigation into the assault on Seong Soo Kim that resulted in severe brain damage, Montefiore Hospital, Moses Campus, 111 E. 210 St., Bronx.

Not exact matches

Thanks to the work of several dogged journalists, and despite the NFL's best efforts to subvert the truth, we now know that repeated blows to the head experienced in the normal course of football play can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage resulting in early onset dementia and severe (and, in the worst cases, suicidal) depression.

Some would insist that each life is valuable, others might question whether some children with very severe brain damage are in any real sense capable of human life.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously murdered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously mur * dered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

I had never heard of this, but according to WebMD, kernicterus «is a very rare type of brain damage that occurs in a newborn with severe jaundice.»

I didn't breast or bottle feed my daughter, she was tube fed and still is after suffering catastrophic brain damage at birth following a lack of oxygen in my labour, leaving her with severe cerebral palsy.

Except for perhaps some sort of catastrophic injury to mother (e.g. post partum bleed so severe it ends in brain damage), I think most mothers would choose to trade injury to themselves for the life of their child.

The induced hypothermia protocol is successful in reducing brain damage and death in babies with moderate and severe HIE.

It was traumatic because, had I not chosen to have the care of an obstetrician and go for a hospital birth, had I bought into this home birth culture that is huge in the city where I live, my son would likely not be here today or we'd have been left with a child with severe brain or neurological damage.

(I would also mention the increased risk of brain damage severe enough to need cooling therapy, in case she cared about that.)

Moderate to severe jaundice however, is more serious as the bilirubin can travel up to the brain, staining the brain, thus resulting in permanent brain damage.

At the hospital, family members were told the boy was in a coma and had suffered severe brain damage.

Shaking your baby sometimes results in severe head injury to the baby, permanent brain damage or even death.

In severe cases of jaundice, the brain damage can only be prevented by a blood transfusion.

Zika can cause babies to be born with severe brain damage — but we may be able to harness the virus to fight brain tumours in adults.

So Laureys and his colleagues wondered if it would do the same in people with severe brain damage.

In patients who have survived severe brain damage, judging the level of actual awareness has proved a difficult process.

The disease is highly feared on the continent; it can kill or cause severe brain damage in a person within hours.

In a small phase I and II clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues elsewhere found that the high - fat, low - carbohydrate ketogenic diet was a safe and effective treatment option for the majority of adults experiencing a relatively rare, often fatal and always severe form of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures that require medically induced comas to prevent them from further damaging the body and the brain.

The hippocampus also gets damaged — albeit to a lesser extent — in cases of severe and protracted stress as stress hormones gnaw the brain.

In such cases, even the best resuscitation efforts are unable to prevent severe brain damage, Dr. Muraskas said.

Even though it's well known that Zika can cause severe brain damage in unborn babies, symptoms are typically mild in adults.

I was vociferous in my insistence that the husband should make the call in the case of Terri Schiavo [about whether to continue her artificial nourishment after her severe brain damage].

Projects on brain development mainly focus on perinatal asphyxia as this remains a major cause of (severe) brain damage in newborn infants leading to developmental delay or even severe handicaps.

Severe or repeated concussions can cause brain damage in people.

Zika virus can cause severe brain damage in newborns whose mothers were infected during pregnancy.

In addition to losing her husband to a delayed cancer diagnosis, her son, Cal, now 13, was the victim of lack of treatment for too - high bilirubin levels as a newborn, which resulted in kernicterus, or brain damage from severe jaundicIn addition to losing her husband to a delayed cancer diagnosis, her son, Cal, now 13, was the victim of lack of treatment for too - high bilirubin levels as a newborn, which resulted in kernicterus, or brain damage from severe jaundicin kernicterus, or brain damage from severe jaundice.

Severe cases of prolonged high cortisol, such as in major depression, can cause neurotoxicity and brain damage.

its made an unbelievably huge difference for me and i managed to heal my epilepsy and hashimotos disease (with all the accompaniing symptomps like severe hair loss, weight gain, constant fatigue, brain fog, severe anxiety and panic attacks, IBS, grand mal seizures, status epilepticus and so on...) which so many doctors around the world told me i have to live with until i die because there is no cure for these diseases, they just wanted me to take pharma drugs wich in the end did way more damage then they helped with the symptoms.

The toxins have been proven to cause abdominal distress in the intestines that range from mild discomfort, bloating to serious illnesses such as celiac disease, auto - immune conditions and severe brain damage.

Unfortunately, cerebral aneurysm can be extremely dangerous as about three in five people who experience brain haemorrhage die within two weeks, and 50 % of those who survive suffer from severe brain damage and disability.

A persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than Persistent Systems Ltd..

Balboa backpedals on the warnings of severe brain damage Rocky received in Rocky V to clear the path for a comeback fight not unlike his initial shot in the first film.

On the other hand, people with immune system problems, such as those with HIV / AIDS, those taking certain types of chemotherapy, or persons who have recently received an organ transplant, and infants, may develop severe toxoplasmosis, which results in damage to the eye or the brain.

In both pets and people, more severe brain damage is characterized by an inability to learn new information or to do two or more things and as in show or obedience training, the normal ability to ignore distractions is compromiseIn both pets and people, more severe brain damage is characterized by an inability to learn new information or to do two or more things and as in show or obedience training, the normal ability to ignore distractions is compromisein show or obedience training, the normal ability to ignore distractions is compromised.

Severe clusters of multiple seizures in a short period of time may cause slight brain damage, but this is usually temporary.

Shortly after he abandoned the procedure, the applicant's heart action slowed in a bradycardia which deprived her of necessary oxygen, and persisted until she was delivered by Caesarean section and resuscitated approximately eighteen minutes later, causing severe brain damage which is permanent.

While the award by the jury is significant, there have been larger verdicts in medical malpractice cases in Massachusetts, including a 2005 case in which a jury awarded nearly $ 40 million to the family of a Dracut boy born with severe brain damage after a traumatic delivery.

An example of this would be if someone was in a coma or had severe brain damage.

As a result the injuries that could be sustained are varied: they may be limited to small cuts and bruises or they could be particularly severe ranging from spinal injuries, brain damage, and in some circumstances even death.

The dispute involved a patient who experienced severe brain damage from an infection following the removal of a benign tumour, resulting in what the physicians called a persistent vegetative state.

Lubin & Meyer has also obtained some of the largest medical malpractice and personal injury verdicts in state history, including a record - breaking verdict of $ 40 million for the family of a boy born with severe brain damage.

Whether mild or severe, a traumatic brain injury requires intensive medical care and recovery in order minimize the effects of the damage and allow the victim the best recovery possible.

If not treated quickly, open head injuries in Kentucky can cause severe brain damage, vision loss, hearing impairment, nerve damage, or even early death.

If your accident resulted in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), you'll probably receive a proper diagnosis; but if your symptoms are limited to a bruise or mild concussion, there's a good chance that developing and worsening brain damage will be overlooked.

Whereas, more severe TBIs can result in bruising, bleeding, torn tissues and other damage to the brain that can lead to serious long - term complications that require extensive brain injury treatment.