A cerebral palsy diagnosis can be devastating for families. One type of cerebral palsy is ataxic cerebral palsy, which affects a child’s balance and coordination. This type of cerebral palsy can cause problems in many areas of your child’s life. If the condition resulted because of a provider’s medical negligence, a Philadelphia birth injury lawyer […]
Many surgical procedures are performed under general anesthesia. Anesthetics are drugs that are used to keep patients from experiencing pain and can be administered to provide local numbing or to induce unconsciousness. Anesthetics work in a few different ways based on the combination of the drugs that are administered and the type of procedure. Different […]
Learning that your child has athetoid cerebral palsy (CP) can be devastating for most parents. This type of cerebral palsy results from brain damage, and children who have this condition might have hypertonia, which leads to muscle spasms and stiffness, and hypotonia, which is a low degree of muscle tone that causes floppiness. Children with […]
Athetoid cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition characterized by abnormal, involuntary movements. This form of cerebral palsy is the second-most common type and affects between 12% and 14% of all people diagnosed with CP. People with athetoid CP fluctuate between hypertonia, or highly rigid muscles, and hypotonia, or very low muscular tension. Because of this, […]
If you suffered injuries while you were being treated in a hospital, you might wonder whether the hospital might be liable for medical malpractice or negligence. If the treating physician was the person who negligently caused your injuries, the hospital may or may not be liable. While hospitals are typically responsible for the negligence of […]