Maternal infection and cerebral palsy in infants of normal birth weight
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Maternal infection may be a risk factor for cerebral palsy in infants of normal birth weight. Researchers studied 84 children born with cerebral palsy and weighing 2,500 grams or more at birth and 378 similar children without cerebral palsy. Maternal fever and infection of the placenta increased the risk of cerebral palsy in the infant. Maternal infection was involved in 22% of the children with cerebral palsy compared to 3% of the children without cerebral palsy. Maternal infection also predisposed children with cerebral palsy to medical complications such as seizures and low blood pressure.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Magnesium sulfate and risk of cerebral palsy in very low-birth-weight infants
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It may be too soon to recommend magnesium sulfate to all pregnant women in premature labor. A 1996 study confirmed a few other studies when it found that the risk of cerebral palsy in a group of very low-birth-weight infants was lower if their mothers had received magnesium sulfate during labor. Magnesium sulfate also appeared to reduce the risk of mental retardation. Magnesium sulfate is commonly given in the US for premature labor or preeclampsia. However, many of these studies were not randomized clinical trials, but researchers are planning such trials.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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Who will deliver our grandchildren: Implications of cerebral palsy litigation
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A survey indicates that 76% of obstetricians in the US have reported having faced litigation at some point in their careers, most often for having allegedly caused cerebral palsy (CP). Strategies that can reduce obstetricians' risk of malpractice litigation include better self-policing by the medical profession, the establishment of special health courts, and educating the public.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
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