Sentences with phrase «injury at birth»

If your newborn child suffers an avoidable injury at birth, it is important that you know the legal rights of both you and the baby.

A developmental delay could be a sign that an injury at birth was the cause.

It provides your child, and your family, with financial help for some of the medical procedures and rehabilitation therapies that your child needs after suffering a brain injury at birth.

Brain injury at birth will require a life time of attendant care, long term care, special educational needs, special living accommodations and may result in a lifetime of attendant care, long term assisted living accommodations, loss of competitive advantage for baby and family.

Some never have capacity as a result of an injury at birth or because they are born with a learning disability.

Indeed, the firm's track record so far in 2016 is proving similar to previous years, in that the firm has already secured what will undoubtedly be one of the year's top verdicts — a $ 29.8 million award by a Hampden Superior Court jury for an 11 - year - old girl who suffered a devastating brain injury at birth.

If your child suffered an injury at birth and you suspect medical malpractice, you should speak with an birth injury attorney as soon as possible.

An injury at birth can cause lifelong disability and impairment.

If your child suffered a shoulder injury at birth and you are in need of a brachial plexus malpractice lawyer Miami FL trusts, call Needle & Ellenberg, P.A. today.

Unfortunately, such moments can be tinged with stress, sadness, and frustration when a baby suffers an injury at birth.

she did suffer a brachial plexus injury at birth — I was just wondering did this happen to you too?

He had an injury at birth and has an owie in his brain.

Spinal cord injuries, many resulting in permanent paralysis, are often caused by the negligence of others, such as surgical errors or malpractice, recreational accidents, injuries at birth, motor vehicle collisions, industrial mishaps, defective products or machinery, and even accidental exposure to toxic chemicals.

They may occur on the football field, in car, motorcycle, bicycle or pedestrian accidents, falls off of ladders and injuries at birth.

These injuries can be severe or minor; in fact, many newborns sustain very slight injuries at birth that do not lead to any long - term problems.

Do you have questions about a possible medical malpractice lawsuit resulting from complications, delays and injuries at birth?

Do you have questions about a possible medical malpractice case involving complications during delivery resulting in injuries at birth or a stillbirth?

Clare acted for a child Claimant who sustained injuries at birth and had cerebral palsy.

The Plaintiff to the original High Court action, Isabelle Sheehan, suffered catastrophic injuries at birth, resulting in profound disability.

If sadly, you think you may have a maternity related case including Claims for Children or Brain Injuries at Birth, Jackson Lees Solicitors can help.

Do you have questions about a possible medical malpractice case involving complications at birth or injuries at birth?

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Obstetric fistula, a severe injury caused by prolonged childbirth labor, is occurring at an alarming rate in Africa where many births are performed without medical assistance.

Women run 5 to 7 times the risk of death with cesarean section compared with vaginal birth.14, 29 Complications during and after the surgery include surgical injury to the bladder, uterus and blood vessels (2 per 100), 30 hemorrhage (1 to 6 women per 100 require a blood transfusion), 30 anesthesia accidents, blood clots in the legs (6 to 20 per 1000), 30 pulmonary embolism (1 to 2 per 1000), 30 paralyzed bowel (10 to 20 per 100 mild cases, 1 in 100 severe), 30 and infection (up to 50 times morecommon).1 One in ten women report difficulties with normal activities two months after the birth, 23 and one in four report pain at the incision site as a major problem.9 One in fourteen still report incisional pain six months or more after delivery.9 Twice as many women require rehospitalization as women having normal vaginal birth.18 Especially with unplanned cesarean section, women are more likely to experience negative emotions, including lower self - esteem, a sense of failure, loss of control, and disappointment.

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).

Sadly, my first baby, Benjamin, died suddenly at 16, during a birth injury related seizure, and I was plunged into a place I had no bearings in.

We know from the UK Birthplace study that, with fully trained MWs cooperating within the health system, tight risk - out and 40 % transfer rate, the babies of first - time mothers still die at 3X the rate of similar hospital births (quite aside from hypoxic and physical injury).

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

In nulliparous women, a period of 8 hours of augmentation resulted in an 18 % cesarean delivery rate and no cases of birth injury or asphyxia, whereas if the period of augmentation had been limited to 4 hours, the cesarean delivery rate would have been twice as high given the number of women who had not made significant progress at 4 hours.

A birth is defined as traumatic if the woman was or believed she or her baby was in danger of injury or death, and she felt helpless, out of control, or alone, and can occur at any point in labor and birth (Beck, 2004a).

I still feel a bit sad that I wasn't awash with the awe of birth from the start, and I wish that my named midwife had been on duty (she was off after an unrelated injury), because she knew that silence was necessary for me to feel calm, and I wish that my birth supporters, who also knew, had been a bit more vocal for me, but, in the end, what was most important to me — that I birthed my baby peacefully, at home, in water — happened.

The main artery at the back of his neck was damaged during the birth which caused a fatal brain haemorrhage, probably due to the nursing staff wanting me to deliver before the night shift came on duty and their intervention caused the injury to the neck area.

A birth injury can occur because of a premature birth, the size of the baby (small or large babies), position of the mother at birth, complicated labor, position of the baby, and other reasons.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

I didn't want an epidural either and wanted a natural birth, but because of a lower back injury prolapse disks, nerve damage syatica, snapping hip syndrome it's too dangerous for me and my baby to try natural at all.

«Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women's lives — and the lives they create — are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women... By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experieBirth is a critical and timely resource for understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women's lives — and the lives they create — are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women... By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experiebirth experiences.

In New York City, sleep - related injuries remained one of the leading causes of death among infants, with 40 deaths in 2014 and 48 deaths in 2015 at a combined rate of 36.1 per 100,000 live births for 2014 - 2015.

«Earlier menopause has been reported in women undergoing radioactive iodine treatment, and given the finite number of primordial follicles women start with at birth, radiation injury to germinal cells is not expected to be reversible,» she cautioned.

The study, conducted by researchers at the Neonatal Data Analysis Unit at Imperial College London and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, analysed data on babies born between 2010 and 2015 to assess the number that may have sustained brain injury at or soon after birth.

Published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, the research estimated that 3,418 babies suffered conditions linked to brain injury at or soon after birth in 2015, which equates to an overall incidence rate of 5.14 per 1,000 live births.

• Brain or spinal cord injury can occur at any age, even before birth, and usually milder forms can be found in many individuals who don't realize they have a relatively minor problem that still causes muscle imbalance.

that infant assessments of miRNA patterns may help to identify fetal brain injury from toxic exposures including mercury, aluminum, and medications, at birth, so that healing protocols can be prioritized and initiated.

Researchers are suggesting that infant assessments of miRNA patterns may help to identify fetal brain injury from toxic exposures including mercury, aluminum, and medications, at birth, so that healing protocols can be prioritized and initiated.

This condition may be the result of injury or congenital deformities (present at birth).

Congenital heart disease is present at birth as to where acquired heart disease occurs most often because of wear and tear on the heart structures or also as a result of injury or infection.

A kneecap which dislocates can result from a traumatic injury, or it may be a genetic condition which is present at an early age, if not at birth.

Eye problems may be caused by environmental irritants, injury, illness, and aging, however some eye disorders may be inherited or present at birth.

Here's the roundup: Product injury lawyers at Hissey Kientz published articles on an FDA warning about the link between use of migraine and epilepsy drug Topamax during pregnancy and birth defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate or spina bifida... more»

A Lincoln birth injury lawyer at Inkelaar Law can connect you with industry experts who can review your situation and determine whether the labor and delivery team strayed from the standard level of care.

The cost of long - term care for an infant who has suffered a birth injury is now estimated at about a million dollars.