After being deprived of oxygen for 10 minutes during a traumatic birth, a Bristol, UK baby was saved from brain damage when doctors used a cooling cap to chill her brain for three days. When a baby is deprived of oxygen for too long during birth, we call this a traumatic birth. When this happens, the brain swells, which can lead to brain damage and possibly cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is an incurable condition. Symptoms vary, but in the most severe cases people with cerebral palsy require life long, around the clock care. In the case of Baby Olivia Templar, doctors and her mother are both very hopeful that this method of cooling the baby’s brain, which reduced and prevented further swelling, saved her from having cerebral palsy. Until 2 years old, you cannot tell for sure whether a baby has cerebral palsy or not. Marianne Thoresen, a pediatrician at…
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Cooling Baby’s Brain Saves Her From Brain Damage
December 6, 2007Defining Birth Trauma
November 28, 2007Birth trauma can be thought of as trauma suffered by the mother or, more typically, injuries suffered by the baby. Birth trauma refers to injuries sustained during the labor and delivery process. Causes of birth trauma can be split into two categories: Trancers 5: Sudden Deth psp Collateral download Pigs movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? movie download The Gong Show Movie video injuries suffered from physical trauma during the birth process – known as traumatic birth injury Injuries that occur as a result of lack of oxygen during birth. The medical term for this type of injury is hypoxic-ischemic. Tenderness download download The Ramen Girl dvd The two can occur on their own or together. Oftentimes, birth trauma is unavoidable. The Adventures Of White Tuft ipod From time to time, a birth injury could have been prevented had the doctors and hospital staff noticed risk factors and taken reasonable…
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An Australian Birth Injury Case
November 23, 2007A Sydney Australia court has cleared an obstetrician of any financial liability in a birth trauma lawsuit. George Angus was the specialist on duty when a baby was born with brain damage in September of 1995. The family of the baby had previously reached a settlement of $7.5 Million with the Greater Southern Area Health Service (GSAHS), an organization that provides health care to people living in specified regions of New South Wales, Australia. The birth of the baby was complicated when his shoulders became blocked and the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. These complications lead to a deprivation of oxygen which resulted in brain damage. The GSAHS, in an effort to recover some of the birth injury settlement, filed a lawsuit against Dr. Angus, claiming the difficult birth was partly his fault because he did not order utilization of a cardiotocograph (CTG) monitor. A CTG monitor graphs how…
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