Sentences with phrase «recognize signs of fetal distress»

If the doctor and the hospital staff do not monitor or recognize the signs of fetal distress it can result in a birth injury.

Failure to promptly recognize signs of fetal distress seen on the fetal heart monitor and provide the appropriate treatment

Obstetricians are trained to recognize the signs of fetal distress but may often have to perform C - sections in a number of situations.

If a doctor or nurse fails to recognize signs of fetal distress, he or she may be liable for the resulting stillbirth of a child.

Mismanagement during labor and delivery such as failure to recognize signs of fetal distress or delay in performing an emergency C - section

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The plaintiffs were prepared to present expert testimony that the defendant nurse and nurse midwife were grossly negligent in failing to recognize the dangerous fetal heart rate tracing as a sign of fetal distress.

A child may sustain asphyxia injuries if, for example, an obstetrician negligently fails to monitor, recognize, and appropriately respond to signs of current fetal distress or indications of the possibility of fetal distress.

The failure by medical personnel assisting in a child's birth to adequately monitor the vital signs of the mother and fetus in order to timely recognize the existence of fetal distress may be found to constitute actionable negligence and liability on the part of such personnel if this negligence is determined to have been a cause of the child's HIE injury.

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.