{"id":2934,"date":"2014-01-22T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:52:41","slug":"hospitals-may-held-liable-negligence-birth-injury-labor-induction-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/hospitals-may-held-liable-negligence-birth-injury-labor-induction-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals May be Held Liable for Negligence In Birth Injury Labor Induction Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Often an obstetrician will order levels of medicine to induce labor and the medication may lead to obstetrical malpractice.<span>\u00a0<\/span>A treating obstetrician may be found to be negligent by prescribing doses of labor induction medication, such as oxytocin, that may induce or augment labor, but may lead to serious birth injuries to the unborn fetus.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxytocin\">Oxytocin<\/a> is a natural hormone found in humans, but the synthetic version is prescribed to help with contractions in the second and third stages of labor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The use of what are known as high-alert or off-label medications to ripen the cervix or induce and augment labor can result in the mother\u2019s contractions being too strong or too frequent or even too long, which may cause serious and permanent damage to the fetus.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Accordingly, medical professionals in labor and delivery should be clear on understanding uterine activity and its effect on the fetus\u2019s ability to be oxygenated.<span>\u00a0<\/span>In addition, as is usually the case, the fetus\u2019s heart rate must be monitored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/hospitals-may-held-liable-negligence-birth-injury-labor-induction-cases\/#more-2934\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often an obstetrician will order levels of medicine to induce labor and the medication may lead to obstetrical malpractice.\u00a0A treating obstetrician may be found to be negligent by prescribing doses of labor induction medication, such as oxytocin, that may induce or augment labor, but may lead to serious birth injuries to the unborn fetus.\u00a0 Oxytocin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54,101,104,53,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","category-cerebral-palsy","category-hospital-negligence","category-medical-negligence","category-misdiagnosis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hospitals May be Held Liable for Negligence In Birth Injury Labor Induction Cases &#8212; 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