Heartbreaking moment new parents cradle their dying baby after doctors bungled forceps delivery three times causing fatal brain bleed
Frank Gamble died after his skull was fractured by 'poor technique or excessive force' during the ill-fated forceps delivery at Colchester Hospital after his head was found to be in the wrong position for the labour. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Complication rates following rotational forceps delivery ‘low’
The short-term rates of neonatal and maternal complications following successful Kielland’s rotational forceps delivery are low and comparable with other forms of delivery, and lower than those seen with cesarean delivery, say UK investigators. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - April 15, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
How Do Airway Malacias Present?
Discussion
Stridor is a variably pitched sound caused by increased turbulence and airflow through a narrowed part of the large airway. Usually due to narrowing of the larynx or extrathoracic trachea, stridor is usually inspiratory.
Biphasic stridor usually is due to a fixed airway obstruction at the level of the glottis or subglottis but may also extend to the mid-thoracic trachea.
Stridor is different than stertor which is a heavy-snoring, inspiratory sound occurring in coma or deep sleep, sometimes due to obstruction of the larynx or upper airways. Causes of stertor include choanal stenosis, enlarged tonsils and/or aden...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 15, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Complication rates following rotational forceps delivery ‘low’
The short-term rates of neonatal and maternal complications following successful Kielland’s rotational forceps delivery are low and comparable with other forms of delivery, and lower than those seen with cesarean delivery, say UK investigators. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 15, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Complication rates following rotational forceps delivery ‘low’
The short-term rates of neonatal and maternal complications following successful Kielland’s rotational forceps delivery are low and comparable with other forms of delivery, and lower than those seen with cesarean delivery, say UK investigators. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - April 15, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Complication rates following rotational forceps delivery ‘low’
The short-term rates of neonatal and maternal complications following successful Kielland’s rotational forceps delivery are low and comparable with other forms of delivery, and lower than those seen with cesarean delivery, say UK investigators. (Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn)
Source: MedWire News - Ob/Gyn - April 15, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Heavier Pregnant Women May Face Higher C-Section Risk
Study also found greater possibility of forceps delivery
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Body Weight, Cesarean Section, Pregnancy (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Instruments Can Assist Birth, But With Risks to Mother, Child
11/09/2010, Cochrane Library, Forceps might be a better instrument than a vacuum cup for assisting a successful birth, but new mothers might experience more trauma and complications after a forceps delivery, according to a new review of studies. (Source: Health Behavior News Service)
Source: Health Behavior News Service - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Forceps births at record high because of older and obese mothers
Despite a growing trend for natural births the use of forceps in the delivery room is at its highest level in almost two decades. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Older mothers drive surge in forceps births: Use at highest level for 20 years despite attempts to increase natural deliveries
After reaching a record low in 2000 in England, the use of forceps during childbirth has almost doubled at a time when the Government is promoting less medical intervention. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Legal Briefs: Forceps Delivery and a Lifeless Infant
(Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - January 1, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sims, M. E. Tags: Fetus and Newborn Infant Articles Source Type: news
