Sentences with phrase «of hypoxic brain injury»

When compared with babies born vaginally in the hospital, babies born at homebirth had a rate of hypoxic brain damage 32 times higher, suggesting that C - sections dramatically decreased the risk of hypoxic brain injury.

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Landon was diagnosed with hypernatremic dehydration (a high concentration of sodium in the blood), cardiac arrest from hypovolemic shock (a condition where the liquid portion of the blood is dangerously low), and hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy (a brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation).

Some autopsy data shows that infants of smokers have signs of established hypoxic - ischemic cellular injury in the brain and the heart which probably occurred in antenatal life, may have been caused by suboptimal placental function and may have been sub-clinical, but if the baby continues to be in a vulnerable environment exposed to post-natal passive smoking, this could affect autonomic nervous system function and lead to poor temperature control, and poor heart rate and respiration control.

Landon died of hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy, or brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation; cardiac arrest; and hypernatremic dehydration, according to records from the Los Angeles County coroner.

When a baby is obstructed in labour at home, or born with hypoxic brain injury, the delay in transferring to a tertiary hospital may result in permanent severe disability that will persist for the rest of that person's life.

Overall, the research found that the most common type of condition that contributed to brain injuries was damage caused by lack of oxygen to the brain, called hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; this is seen mainly in full term babies.

Hypoxic - anoxic injury (HAI) is a serious and potentially debilitating injury caused when the brain is deprived of oxygen.

Hypoxic brain injuries occur when the brain only gets a small amount of oxygen that is not enough for the brain to function.

The resulting injury led to the baby undergoing a cardiac arrest, which developed into a devastating hypoxic brain injury as a consequence of dangerously low oxygen levels.

Such asphyxia injuries include cerebral palsy and HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), both of which are brain injuries caused by a lack of oxygen to the fetus.

Neinstein's lawyers have experience with a wide variety of malpractice suits, including those regarding nursing errors, cardiac arrest, medication errors, hypoxic brain injuries, sepsis, surgical negligence, atrial fibrillation, tPA administration, acquired brain injuries, and a number of different forms of cancer.

Each Neinstein medical malpractice lawyer has experience litigating a wide variety of malpractice cases, including surgical negligence, cancer, cardiac arrest, sepsis, hypoxic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries, tPA administration, atrial fibrillation, medication or nursing errors, and birthing injuries.

Hypoxic brain injuries are caused by lack of oxygen (hypoxia) to the brain.

Personal injury cases related to hypoxic brain injuries are often associated with birth injuries or other forms of medical negligence, as well as near - drowning incidents.