When there is a decreased oxygen flow to an infant’s brain, cerebral hypoxia can occur as a subsequent. Comas, seizures, memory loss, impaired motor coordination, and more serious permanent injuries can result from even the smallest reduction of oxygen to an infant’s brain. Cerebral Hypoxia mainly occurs as a result of a medical professional’s negligence during the delivery of the baby. Impairments that can last a lifetime can bring misfortunes like financial burdens and emotional burdens upon the parents.
Medical professionals must take delicate care when delivering an infant. They must ensure that every required test has been performed during a mother’s pregnancy, along with monitoring during the labor process. A lifetime of uncertainty might be the consequence of a cerebral hypoxia injury. The cerebral Hypoxia lawyers in Miami are aware of the devastating effects that hypoxia can have on an infant and their families and are here to help those in need of their guidance.
Carelessness That Can Lead to Cerebral Hypoxia
When gentle care is not exercised throughout the process of prenatal care, labor, and childbirth, these following factors that cause cerebral hypoxia can be grounds for a lawsuit. Cerebral Hypoxia can be caused by a number of acts and omissions
Not Recognizing Fetal Distress Lawsuits
Fetal distress occurs when a lack of oxygen supply is not reaching the baby. Fetal distress can happen from one moment to the next, even in a perfectly healthy pregnancy. Recognizing and acting upon a fetal distress depends on the medical professionals who are present at the time like nurses, obstetricians, and any other medical staff. When medical professionals fail to recognize and promptly act to a fetal distress, permanent injury can be caused to the newborn because of the oxygen deprivation which often time results in disastrous consequences when it is not even noticed and no prompt action is taken.
Not treating/diagnosing Mother’s Preeclampsia Lawsuit
Preeclampsia affects about 5% of all pregnancies. It can develop during pregnancy and postpartum. Preeclampsia occurs when the mother has an increase in her blood pressure very rapidly. When preeclampsia is not diagnosed or treated, it can not only harm the infant, but it can have devastating repercussions for the mother as well. Typically, preeclampsia can be detected through the frequent blood pressure monitoring and urine tests that are performed at every visit at an OB-GYN during pregnancy.
When preeclampsia develops at an exponential rate, the woman might not show signs of this condition. If preeclampsia is not detected and treated on time, the high blood pressure of the mother can deprive the baby of oxygen that can cause strokes, seizures, multiple organ failures, and even death of the infant. Prompt detection and treatment are essential when a mother has preeclampsia.
Inattentiveness or Inexperienced Nurses/Doctors Lawsuit
When a medical professional is inexperienced or lacks attentiveness, severe harm like cerebral hypoxia can occur in an infant. Sometimes, a physician will have a lack of training in the specific area because they may have been assigned to replace a doctor that is absent. Other times, a mother might be treated by a medical employee that is in training.
Infant Cerebral Hypoxia Statistics
These are the following statistics regarding infant cerebral hypoxia. The following data will show the prevalence:
- One in every 323 infants suffer an injury like cerebral palsy due to cerebral hypoxia during birth
- The most common motor impairment in an infant’s life is cerebral palsy
- 31% of infants need to use mobility-helping equipment
- It occurs more frequently in boys than in girls
Cereal Hypoxia Case Settlements
Improper Administration of Medication
The family of a 7-year old was awarded $16 million after their child was overdosed with potassium shortly after birth. This caused the baby to go into cardiac arrest and restriction of oxygen to the brain. The restriction of oxygen resulted in the child having the mental capacity of a 2-3-month-old baby.
Delay in Treatment
The family of a newborn baby was awarded $12.8 million after a delay in immediate intervention in a special care nursery did not occur. The child was denied intubation for almost 45 minutes when his oxygen saturation was detected at a low level. The baby boy suffered a massive brain injury due to the lack of blood flow and oxygen to the brain.
Inactiveness During Pregnancy and Delivery
The parents of a 7-year old girl were awarded $10 million after the OB-GYN did not note the fetus’ failure to grow properly, and failed to note her asphyxiation during delivery. The 7-year old girl now had to eat through a tube and cannot talk or walk.
The Effects of Cerebral Hypoxia on an Infant
Cerebral Hypoxia can range from mild to severe. It can have different effects on every child. Some of those effects include:
- Comas
- Cognitive impairments
- Influences on the Behavior
- Strokes,
- Imbalances in the Hormone
- Problems memorizing
- A reduction in awareness
- Paralysis
- Influences on the Emotions
- Physical effects
- And more
The family members of an infant who experiences any of these effects due to cerebral hypoxia by a medical professional’s negligence should consider seeking justice for the child.
Infant Cerebral Hypoxia Attorneys in Miami Ready to Fight for the Victims
Children are the most valuable assets in a parent’s life. When a child is injured, the parents will suffer emotionally and financially. A life-long disability can come from Cerebral Hypoxia. Seeking compensation for a medical malpractice that caused cerebral hypoxia in an infant is the course of action that needs to be taken against the neglectful medical professionals who caused the injury. Maximum compensation is sought for the families that were injured due to their infant suffering from cerebral hypoxia by the litigators located in Miami. They have fought medical facilities and professionals throughout all their time in practice for the rights of the victims.
The firm is ready to battle and win against those that did not live up to the standard of care that they should have been providing. An innocent infant had to suffer as a result of their negligence. They did not deserve that, nor do their families.
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