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 | 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...