What Causes Birth Defects During Pregnancy?
When a child is born with a congenital defect or deformity at birth parents often try and think what may have caused the birth defect. According to the March of Dimes, many birth defects have unknown...
View ArticleMy Baby’s Head Ultrasound Showed Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL). Does...
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) is a brain injury that affects infants and newborns. PVL means that there was damage or death to the areas of brain tissue around the ventricles or fluid filled areas...
View ArticleTaking Trimethoprim While Pregnant Can Cause Spina Bifida And Other Birth...
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is a commonly prescribed antibiotic for urinary tract infections (UTI), community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other bacterial...
View ArticleI Was Told My Baby Had Fetal Distress During Labor. Should I Be Worried?
Fetal distress is a term generally used to describe hypoxia, or lack of oxygen getting to the baby. Before or during childbirth, any sign of fetal distress alerts the obstetrician, nurse midwife or...
View ArticleA Feeding Tube In The Lung, Trachea Or Windpipe Can Lead To Pneumonia,...
An Illinois settlement awarded the parents of a premature baby $12,500,000 after a feeding tube was improperly placed and formula was instilled into the infant’s lungs. When the infant was born a few...
View ArticleAnother Myth About Premature Labor and Delivery Malpractice
I read a lot of medical blogs, including the blog at Emergency Physicians Monthly authored by a pseudonymous ER doctor who goes by the name “WhiteCoat.” WhiteCoat recently complained about a $14.5...
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