{"id":309,"date":"2015-03-24T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:34","slug":"1-25-million-settlement-in-death-of-baby-after-failure-to-diagnose-fetal-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/1-25-million-settlement-in-death-of-baby-after-failure-to-diagnose-fetal-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.25 Million Settlement in Death of Baby After Failure to Diagnose Fetal Distress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a confidential settlement, the parties agreed to $1,250,000 for the unfortunate death of a newborn infant. In this case, before the mother\u2019s scheduled <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caesarean_section\">Caesarean section<\/a>, the mother underwent three <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/7845887\">transplacental amniocenteses <\/a>to assess her baby\u2019s lung maturity. The purpose of a transplacental amniocentesis is to compare transplacental with non-placental amniocentesis because of possible complications.<\/p>\n<p>Amniocentesis is a frequently used invasive procedure during a woman\u2019s pregnancy guided by ultrasound to remove a sample of amniotic fluid for testing. The procedure requires specialized medical or assistant training. Amniocentesis is a technique for withdrawing amniotic fluid from the uterine cavity using a needle.<\/p>\n<p>The fluid is then tested in a laboratory to determine the health of the unborn fetus. The fluid is composed mostly of fetal substances including urine and secretions. Many times amniocentesis is done to determine whether there are genetic difficulties or to study the maturity of the unborn fetus\u2019s lung maturity. There are risks involved with the transplacental amniocentesis, which occurred here. There was fetal bleeding from an alleged <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/placental-abruption\/basics\/definition\/con-20024292\">placental abruption<\/a> that may have been caused by the amniocentesis procedure.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/1-25-million-settlement-in-death-of-baby-after-failure-to-diagnose-fetal-distress\/#more-309\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a confidential settlement, the parties agreed to $1,250,000 for the unfortunate death of a newborn infant. In this case, before the mother\u2019s scheduled Caesarean section, the mother underwent three transplacental amniocenteses to assess her baby\u2019s lung maturity. The purpose of a transplacental amniocentesis is to compare transplacental with non-placental amniocentesis because of possible complications. 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