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Medico-legal implications of Neonatal Cerebral Palsy and the responsibilities of modern Obstetric-Neonatal Unit
Volume 1 - Issue 4George Gregory Buttigieg KM*
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George Gregory Buttigieg, MD, LRCP(Eng.), MRCS(Lond.), MA(Melit.), Dip.FP, FRCOG, FRCPI, Senior Obstetrician and Gynecologist, University of Malta, Europe
Received: May 01, 2018; Published: May 17, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/PAPN.2018.01.000118
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Modern medico-legal evaluation of Neonatal Cerebral Palsy (NCP) demands recognition of Neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (NHIE) as an indispensable proof of peri-partum fetal hypoxia. Without proven NHIE, modern jurisprudence should not even consider obstetric/paediatric liability of causative peri-partum hypoxia of negligence on the grounds of medically responsible fetal/newborn hypoxia leading to Cerebral Palsy. Peripartum hypoxia, which comprises intra-partum hypoxia may result in damage which may with varying degrees of time manifest itself with epilepsy, neuro-developmental delay, cognitive impairment or Cerebral Palsy and the full damage may not be completely assessable before 3-4 years of age. Court cases alleging obstetric/ neonatologist liability may not commence for a number of years, at times even decades after he birth.
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