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The Advanced Medico-Legal Guide toReducing the Risk of Obstetric MalpracticeMonday, March 08, 2004
AboutDear Colleague:Many newborns continue to be admitted to neonatal intensive care units throughout the United States. Some of them are diagnosed with perinatal asphyxia and other complications that eventually lead to permanent brain damage and other lifetime injuries. Often, the parents of these children will seek out lawyers to help them determine if these injuries could have been prevented. The analysis of these potential claims will focus on whether the clinicians who participated in the care complied with applicable standards of practice and properly and timely diagnosed material, placental and fetal conditions that are capable of interfering with normal oxygenation of the fetus. No obstetric health professional or institution providing obstetric care can afford less than an up-to-the-minute understanding of these medical and legal issues. The costs are simply too high. This timely and important American Conference Institute publication was developed to provide both legal and medical professionals with an intensive and broad review of the issues facing all clinicians providing care to pregnant women and their infants. This publication brought together an expert faculty of leading obstetric health care providers and highly experienced litigators - representing both plaintiffs and defendants - to provide their information on:
Contents & ContributorsAboutDear Colleague:Many newborns continue to be admitted to neonatal intensive care units throughout the United States. Some of them are diagnosed with perinatal asphyxia and other complications that eventually lead to permanent brain damage and other lifetime injuries. Often, the parents of these children will seek out lawyers to help them determine if these injuries could have been prevented. The analysis of these potential claims will focus on whether the clinicians who participated in the care complied with applicable standards of practice and properly and timely diagnosed material, placental and fetal conditions that are capable of interfering with normal oxygenation of the fetus. No obstetric health professional or institution providing obstetric care can afford less than an up-to-the-minute understanding of these medical and legal issues. The costs are simply too high. This timely and important American Conference Institute publication was developed to provide both legal and medical professionals with an intensive and broad review of the issues facing all clinicians providing care to pregnant women and their infants. This publication brought together an expert faculty of leading obstetric health care providers and highly experienced litigators - representing both plaintiffs and defendants - to provide their information on:
Contents & ContributorsANTEPARTUM AND INTRAPARTUM SURVEILLANCE DURING PREGNANCYCarol Nelson Shepherd, Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner UNDERSTANDING FETAL HEART RATE PATTERNS Dr. Barry S. Schifrin, Obstetrician and Gynecologist Stephen A. Myers, DO FETAL ASPHYXIA AND BRAIN DAMAGE Dr. James A. Low, Queen's University EFM IS A USEFUL SCREENING TEST FOR INTRAPARTUM FETAL ASPHYXIA Dr. James A. Low, Queen's University FETAL ASPHYXIA – A DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE Luke M. Pittoni, Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, L.L.P. NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHY Dr. David Clark, Albany Medical College INFECTION AS A CAUSE OF BRAIN DAMAGE Dr. Richard L. Sweet, Women's Health Center, University of California, Davis NON-HYPOXIC CAUSES OF NEONATAL BRAIN DAMAGE OR DEATH David R. Lucchese, Galloway, Lucchese & Everson RECENT MEDICAL AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND SCREENING FOR FETAL ANOMALIES AND GENETIC DISORDERS Robert P. Schuster, P.C., Attorney at Law Stephen P. Wainer, Attorney at Law VACUUM EXTRACTION, FORCEPS AND CESAREAN DELIVERIES: NEW ISSUES AND RISKS IN OPERATIVE VAGINAL DELIVERY METHODS Nancy Hersh, Hersh & Hersh SHOULDER DYSTOCIA AND INSTRUMENTAL TRAUMA Dr. Barry Schifrin, Obstetrician and Gynecologist ERB'S PALSY CASES: A PLAINTIFF'S PERSPECTIVE Stephen H. Mackauf, Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN SECTION Bruce G. Fagel, M.D., Bruce Fagel & Associates VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN SECTION Nancy S. Roberts, M.D., Lankenau Hospital BEHIND EVERY HEALTHY BABY IS A HEALTHY PLACENTA Harvey J. Kliman, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine LEGAL AND MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRETERM LABOR AND DELIVERY Steven J. Weinberg, Law Office of Steven J. Weinberg Chris Gorrell, Law Office of Steven J. Weinberg |
Date: Mon, Mar 08, 2004 Location:
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