Risk management systems are designed to identify, track, and respond to safety concerns within healthcare institutions. Incident reports, internal reviews, and corrective action plans are generated by the system to address adverse events or near misses. In medical malpractice litigation, the materials produced are often examined for what they reveal about foreseeability. Furthermore, the systems […]
Neurological injury in the perinatal period is often framed in terms of mechanism. Two of the most commonly examined categories—hemorrhagic and ischemic injury—reflect fundamentally different processes. Each injury has distinct clinical, radiographic, and legal implications. In litigation, the distinction is not academic; it shapes how causation is analyzed, how timing is reconstructed, and how responsibility […]
Diffusion-weighed imaging (DWI) is treated as a timestamp in many neurological injury cases. It’s a way to anchor exactly when the injury occurred. However, DWI is, in practice, less precise. While restricted diffusion may indicate acute cellular injury, its meaning depends on how it aligns with the patient’s clinical course. In litigation, the question is […]
Internal fetal monitoring is used to obtain more direct measurements of fetal heart rate and uterine activity during labor. Typically, internal monitoring requires a fetal scalp electrode and, in some cases, an intrauterine pressure catheter. Because these devices record signals from within the uterus, they are often viewed as providing greater accuracy than external monitoring. […]
Fetal heart rate tracings provide a continuous record of fetal response to the stress of contractions during labor. While individual abnormalities seen in tracings may be transient or clinically insignificant in isolation, evolving and persistent patterns may signal developing compromise. In birth injury litigation, the focus is not on a single tracing event, but on […]