by Marcus Boston | Sep 14, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
When a baby is born with discoloration—such as blue, pale, or grayish skin—parents understandably become concerned. Discoloration at birth could be an indicator of an underlying issue, including oxygen deprivation, which can sometimes lead to Hypoxic-Ischemic...
by Marcus Boston | Sep 9, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
For expectant mothers, labor and delivery can be a time filled with both excitement and anxiety. One of the most critical aspects of this process is ensuring that the baby is doing well throughout labor, and this is where electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) comes...
by Marcus Boston | Sep 5, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
When a pregnancy reaches a point where medical intervention is necessary, doctors may recommend induced labor. However, if this process isn’t carefully monitored, it can lead to devastating outcomes, such as a baby suffering a Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy...
by Marcus Boston | Sep 4, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
When a baby is born with a Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) brain injury, one of the questions parents often ask is whether a timely C-section could have prevented the injury. While it’s true that a C-section can be an essential intervention in preventing...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 25, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
When you’re expecting a baby, your healthcare team closely monitors your baby’s heart rate as a critical part of ensuring their well-being. One important aspect of this monitoring is heart rate variability, which refers to the fluctuations in the time interval...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
For my discussion today, I will cover placental abruption, the potential hidden danger behind an HIE brain injury in newborns. The reason for this post is a follow up to a post I did discussing umbilical cord compression and uterine rupture, causing an HIE...
by Marcus Boston | Jul 26, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
My discussion today will center around the role ultrasound and MRI plays in your baby’s HIE brain injury at birth. MRI and ultrasound are important tools that doctors, and medical professionals use to have a better understanding of a traumatic brain injury....
by Marcus Boston | Jul 18, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
Today’s post will cover your placenta and baby’s HIE brain injury, in the context of how placenta’s can be used as defenses when families allege that medical malpractice was the cause of the brain injury. This is an important topic for families who are looking...
by Marcus Boston | Jul 7, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Today’s discussion, we will focus on a prolonged labor, a uterine rupture, and a baby’s HIE brain injury. At the conclusion of this post, you should have a better understanding of all three of these concepts. In addition, we are having this discussion in the...
by Marcus Boston | Jun 24, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
How hospitals defend baby HIE injuries is an issue that eventually comes up as parents learn more and more about the birth injury process. For my talk today I will cover 3 of the big areas in which defenses are usually mounted. Please remember that these are...
