Cerebral Palsy in Infants | How Cerebral Palsy Causes are Determined
There are several different causes of cerebral palsy in infants. In order to determine whether a child has CP and how they came to suffer the baby brain damage that led to it, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists have very specific criteria. These criteria help the doctors to go back and see what may have caused the injury.
Testing
The child has to be examined in several different ways. MRIs are among the most powerful diagnostic tools available to doctors. To track where the injury originated and its nature, they use these to image the child's body and brain. Doctors will also use various lab tests and determine from those tests what may have caused the injury. Examination of the child at the time of birth and an assessment of the exact type of CP that they're presented with are also imperative toward determining the origin of the injury.
Negligence
There are cases where the doctor was negligent and when their actions—or inactions—resulted in the circumstances that caused cerebral palsy in the newborn. In these cases, a lawyer may be able to pursue a lawsuit to seek compensation. Doctors, nurses and the healthcare facility may have been negligent, and therefore, responsible for the diagnosis.
A healthcare provider that is negligent is neither incompetent nor incapable. Negligent means that they just didn't perform the way that they, as medical professionals, should have. When this is the case, the parents may pursue legal action and possibly can get compensation from a jury award or settlement.
The Event
The event that caused the CP will have to be determined. This is why the criteria for examining the infant exists. Some types of CP are less likely to be caused by negligence than others. In some cases, there may be a particularly egregious type of negligence involved that will result in the doctor being clearly to blame for the cerebral palsy injury. In other cases, it may take a lot of medical investigation to figure out what actually caused the condition and who, if anyone, was indeed responsible.
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