Texas Supreme Court sides with plaintiffs in important birth injury medical malpractice case
Lawsuit alleges negligence by hospital, labor and delivery nurse, and obstetrician
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See what the El Paso Court of Appeals has to say about an OB/GYN surgeon not doing a surgery he charged for, leaving the patient in the dark
Wrongful birth cases have been frowned on by Texas courts, but the court's opinion takes a different approach
Federal law prohibits hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients
After a medical screening, patients in an emergency medical condition or active labor must be medically stabilized before being discharged or transferred
In high risk pregnancies, labor and delivery team shouldn't wait for a problem before delivering the baby
OB, nurses waited too long to deliver high-risk mom, baby born with brain injury
Houston court of appeals upholds medical malpractice case against neonatologist
Plaintiffs claim that neonatologist caused infant's death by failing to start antibiotics and investigating cause of abnormal blood work
Texas certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) loses legal challenge against physician experts
CRNA note for epidural anesthesia placement catheter was missing from the medical record
Houston court of appeals dismisses Pseudomonas infant death case
Texas tort reform requirements require attentive experts and experienced medical malpractice attorneys
Infections during pregnancy and fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS)
With proper prenatal care, infections may be treated before FIRS
Oxytocin/Pitocin medication errors linked to fetal distress, brain injury, and uterine rupture
Rapid administration can lead to dangerous uterine overstimulation
What neuroradiologists look for to identify hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
A brain MRI scan is the go-to radiology study