Cerebral palsy is a term used to cover a group of brain and nervous system disorders affecting 10,000 babies annually. About 50% of all cerebral palsy cases involve full-term or near full-term infants. According to the American Medical Association, there are ways to prevent cerebral palsy in full-term and premature…
“Bottar Law, PLLC is presently handling several New York birth injury cases involving permanent disabilities caused by new york obstetrical malpractice and labor and delivery nurses errors made during a nighttime labor and delivery,” said Syracuse birth injury attorney Michael A. Bottar, Esq. “Certainly, the outcome of a birth is…
Jaundice, which is the clinical manifestation of hyperbilirubinemia (too much bilirubin in the blood), occurs in about one-half of term newborns as well as most premature babies (85%). Elevated bilirubin levels are also associated with low birth weight babies, sepsis, delivery requiring instrumentation, and history of maternal diabetes. “Hyperbilirubinemia is…
“The failure to diagnose gestational diabetes during pregnancy is a big problem,” said Syracuse birth injury lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., of Bottar Law, PLLC, a legal team representing the catastrophically injured throughout the State of New York. 4-12% of pregnancies are complicated by gestational diabetes. A recent study of…
Many babies are diagnosed with cerebral palsy and other birth injuries due to a period of fetal distress during labor and delivery. “Every year, our legal team investigates claims arising out of a failure to respond to dangerous decelerations recorded on fetal heart monitor tracings,” said Syracuse birth injury lawyer…
Syracuse birth injury lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., an attorney with Bottar Law, PLLC, a team of New York cerebral palsy attorneys, reports that the findings of a new study suggest that children born at night are at greater risk for being diagnosed with “neonatal encephalopathy,” “Neonatal encephalopathy is a…