Hypothermia Cooling Therapy: Looking Back at the Standards of Care and Forwards to the Future While hypothermia cooling therapy (also know as therapeutic hypothermia or hypothermia treatment) is now the standard of care for treating newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), this was not always the case. The practices of head cooling, whole-body cooling or…
Michigan Lawyer Handling HIE Cases | Our Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Cases As you’ll learn in this section, HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy) is pervasive in the birth injury cases our attorneys handle. A wide number of medical mistakes and obstetrical complications can cause HIE, and HIE commonly causes cerebral palsy, permanent infant brain damage, epilepsy and seizures,…
Award-Winning Michigan Birth Trauma and HIE Attorney Explains the Use of Hypothermia Treatment HIE, also known as hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, birth asphyxia, or neonatal encephalopathy, is a dangerous brain injury that can occur when a traumatic birth restricts the flow of oxygen to a baby’s brain. Currently, the only known treatment for HIE is called hypothermia treatment….
The award-winning Michigan hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) lawyers at Reiter & Walsh discuss medical negligence, birth asphyxia, HIE & a scorecard used to view surgeons’ complication rates.
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and basal ganglia brain injury are often caused by the baby receiving insufficient oxygen during or near the time of birth. HIE and basal ganglia brain damage can cause a baby to have long-term conditions such as cerebral palsy, seizures and developmental delays.
Babies that don’t receive enough oxygen around the time of labor and delivery risk developing a dangerous brain injury called hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). HIE is caused by decreased blood flow and oxygen in the brain. HIE can cause permanent brain damage, leaving a child with lifelong conditions, such as seizures, cerebral palsy (CP), developmental…
The award-winning Michigan HIE attorneys at Reiter & Walsh ABC Law Centers have helped hundreds of children who have hypoxic ischemic-encephalopathy (HIE), cerebral palsy, and other birth injuries. Birth injury attorney Jesse Reiter, the firm’s president, has been helping birth injured children throughout the country for his entire legal career. Jesse focuses solely on birth…
A little boy recently received an $8.45 million verdict from a hospital that caused him to have hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), cerebral palsy, developmental delays and seizures when the medical team failed to perform an emergency C-section when he was in distress and then failed to give him a breathing tube right after birth.
Legal Help for Victims of Medical Malpractice | Birth Injury and HIE Lawyers in Michigan The award-winning birth injury attorneys at Reiter & Walsh ABC Law Centers have helped hundreds of children with birth injuries such as hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), cerebral palsy and seizure disorders. Recognized as one of the best medical malpractice law firms in…
Michigan HIE Lawyers Helping Children with Birth Injuries from Medical Malpractice The Michigan HIE lawyers at Reiter & Walsh ABC Law Centers have helped hundreds of children affected by hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and birth injuries. Michigan HIE lawyer Jesse Reiter, president of ABC Law Centers, has been focusing solely on birth injury cases for…
