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BIRTH
INJURIES in Ohio
Birth injuries
or death can occur during prenatal care or during
labor and delivery or during the neonatal period.
During the prenatal period, obstetricians
or other medical caregivers can cause damage or
death to the mother or fetus by failing to monitor,
test and treat the following problems:
 1.
Blood pressure (hypertension).
2. Elevated blood sugar (diabetes).
3. Excessive weight gain of mother
or fetus.
4. Blood compatibility abnormalities.
During labor and delivery, obstetricians
or other health caregivers can cause damage or
death to the mother or fetus by failing to monitor,
test and treat the following problems:
Fetal heart rate abnormalities
that indicate lack of oxygen to the fetal brain,
or the umbilical cord tightly wrapped around the
fetal neck.
Persistent fetal heart rate abnormalities that
require an emergency cesarean section delivery.
Failure of the labor to cause the fetus to come
to delivery.
Development of a shoulder dystocia causing an
arrest of labor.
NEONATAL
PERIOD
After the baby is delivered,
there is a critical period during which they must
be assessed for adequate breathing, vital signs,
and organ system functions, such as lungs, heart,
blood, kidneys, liver and digestive tract. They
should be carefully examined by qualified pediatricians
or neonatologist. Damage may occur to any of the
baby's vital organ systems if abnormal findings
are not treated promptly.
BIRTH
RELATED INJURIES
Any time the fetal brain is deprived
of adequate oxygen, a condition of hypoxemia is
created and fetal brain damage can occur. The
damage may result in paralysis, cerebral palsy,
Erb's palsy, mental retardation, seizures or epilepsy.
PHYSICIAN'S
NEGLIGENCE IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING
PATIENTS AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES
All physicians have a duty to
recommend tests or screening procedures to patients
who present significant symptoms of cancer.
LAPAROSCOPIC
SURGERY
In laparoscopic procedures, the
surgical device is inserted into a hole, a small
camera lens is inserted into another hole and
the surgery is carried out.
MISCELLANEOUS
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ERRORS THAT
MAY GIVE RISE TO A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM
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