Recent Posts in the Medical Terminology Category

• Causes of Brachial Plexus Injuries

  Aug 19, 2015
  An injury to the brachial plexus can be a devastating, life-changing injury to a child that occurs during birth. To identify these types of injuries, ...
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• Medical Instruments: How Do They Cause Birth Injuries?

  Aug 1, 2015
  Recently, the preferred method of expediting the delivery of infants who experience difficulties in labor or at birth has changed. In the past, ...
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• Medical Errors: Don't Get Sick in July!

  Jul 26, 2015
  The "July Effect": New Residents and New Obstacles If you've been feeling under the weather as of late, you may soon be able to breathe a big sigh of ...
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• Arrest of Descent and Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD)

  Jul 24, 2015
  The Relationship Between CPD/Cord, Head Compression, and Diminished Fetal Oxygen Reserves What is Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD)? Cephalopelvic ...
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• Recent Research on Pitocin and Tachysystole

  Jul 4, 2015
  Hyperstimulation or tachysystole are terms that define some of the ways that the uterus can be overstimulated during labor. During the process of ...
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• Operative Delivery by Forceps or Vacuum and Cerebral Palsy

  Jun 26, 2015
  The use of devices, such as forceps or a vacuum (known as a "ventouse"), is a common method that doctors use to assist in the process of a difficult ...
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• Hemiplegia Awareness Week - October 15-19

  Oct 15, 2014
  The Definition of and Mechanisms that Cause Hemiplegia The week of October 15 is Hemiplegia Awareness Week, and to help educate, we wanted to do a ...
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• Cerebral Palsy: Origins and Information

  Aug 23, 2014
  Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that affects, on average, at a rate of about 3 infants per 1000 births. It affects movements, speech, ...
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