A 2019 study of Chinese cerebral palsy medical malpractice cases found that over 60 percent of them involved birth asphyxia and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. These results quantity CP-associated medical errors and conditions. Narrowing them down helps healthcare providers better understand the necessary steps to prevent it. What does this tell us…
Most of us have probably heard of Zika and know it is most often transmitted through mosquito bites and unprotected sex with infected people. Zika is also linked to birth defects. This is not a blog post about Maryland law or medical malpractice. But we are interested in the health…
The recent decision by the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division in J.H. v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, 169 A.D.3d 880 (NY App. Div. 2019) answers the question of whether a plaintiff can serve late notice of a claim upon a hospital operator. At issue, specifically in…
The U.S. has long had the highest rate of maternal fatalities during childbirth of any country in the developed world. STOP. Read that again. We are inundated with so many statistics these days that we lose sight of the ones that matter. This one matters. This is insane. The rate…
Our law firm handles hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) lawsuits in Maryland. HIE is a type of brain damage that occurs when a baby’s brain doesn’t receive enough oxygen and blood, typically during or immediately before birth. What is hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy? Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), is a brain injury resulting from a lack…
Do midwives have the midwives — basically nurses — have the medical knowledge and insight to provide consultation for mothers or help them make decisions that are a matter of life and death? My feeling is that some do and some don’t. But I think, on balance, why not have…
Since cerebral palsy (CP) is associated with children, much of the data comprises infants and young children. There is little information on difficulties that adults with cerebral palsy face as they get older. However, a recent study fills in this lack of data. Published in JAMA Neurology, it concluded that…
A team of researchers at University College London has developed a device known as a broadband near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) that uses light to detect brain damage in infants. They are now planning a clinical trial of the NIRS. What is near-infrared spectroscopy? Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a spectroscopic method that…
The potentially dramatic impact of a stroke on your health and wellness cannot be understated. What many people don’t know is that strokes arise from several possible conditions, including brain ischemia (commonly referred to as cerebral or cerebrovascular ischemia). What is Brain Ischemia? Brain ischemia occurs when there is insufficient…
As a parent, you don’t want to hear that there’s a problem with your soon to be son or daughter. Or that a life-changing complication was discovered in the hours after their birth. An infection during pregnancy can have devastating consequences for you and your child. If untreated, maternal infection…