Brain injuries in newborns can have lifelong consequences, affecting their development and quality of life. These injuries often occur due to mismanagement during labor and delivery, where medical professionals fail to provide the necessary care and intervention while...
Failure to diagnose conditions that lead to birth injuries or deaths is a significant issue in maternal and neonatal care. According to one study, birth injuries occur in approximately 7 out of every 1,000 births in the United States. Additionally, nearly 50% of all...
Having a baby is a beautiful experience for most parents; however, there are times when that experience can turn traumatic. One of these is if the baby suffers a birth injury. A brachial plexus injury is an injury that can occur during labor and delivery. This is an...
During childbirth, a baby may experience injury to the brachial plexus, a network of nerves controlling the shoulder, arm and hand. Also known as Erb’s palsy, it occurs when these nerves are damaged, leading to weakness or paralysis in the affected arm. Erb’s palsy...
A pregnant woman who’s in labor likely expects an uneventful experience when she goes to the hospital to have her baby. This happens in most cases, but it’s also possible that problems will plague the labor and delivery. One issue that may occur is shoulder dystocia....
A birth injury can be devastating for a family, bringing physical challenges to the affected child. In addition, they can cause emotional turmoil and financial burdens to the child’s family. If medical malpractice caused the birth injury, then the child’s family may...
What could be worse than being informed as an expectant parent that your child may be born with a birth defect that could cripple them or remain with them the rest of their natural lives. Experts say there’s a lot an expectant mother can do nowadays to do to reduce a child’s risk for developing a birth defect, and that…
Infant mortality rates in the U.S. have dropped to a new low after about a decade-long decline, according to federal officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In fact, since 2005 (when there was a peak in the U.S. infant mortality rate), there has been a more than 15 percent drop, with the rate dropping to the…