{"id":366,"date":"2015-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/brain-bleeds-in-fetuses-and-newborns-can-be-discovered\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:30:15","slug":"brain-bleeds-in-fetuses-and-newborns-can-be-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/brain-bleeds-in-fetuses-and-newborns-can-be-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain bleeds in fetuses and newborns can be discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caring for fetuses and newborns is very important for obstetricians and neonatal nurses. Part of this care includes monitoring the birthing process to ensure that major issues are not missed. One of the hidden dangers of childbirth is internal bleeding within the child\u2019s brain. This is a serious condition that can result in substantial neurological impairment and even death.<\/p>\n<p>This is why when babies are born, their blood is tested to measure platelet levels to ensure that internal bleeding has not occurred, and so that the child has the ability to stop bleeding. Newborns with low platelet counts are given transfusions to improve those levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was conventionally believed that only low platelet levels were responsible for brain bleeds, but new research shows that attacks on a newborn\u2019s immune system could lead to such issues. Research highlighted in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/releases\/291364.php\" target=\"_blank\">medicalnewstoday.com<\/a> report\u00a0 suggested that the difference in antigens between the birth mother and the child could lead the mother\u2019s immune system to attack the fetus\u2019 system. In these instances, close monitoring during and after the birth is necessary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/brain-bleeds-in-fetuses-and-newborns-can-be-discovered\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Brain bleeds in fetuses and newborns can be discovered\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caring for fetuses and newborns is very important for obstetricians and neonatal nurses. Part of this care includes monitoring the birthing process to ensure that major issues are not missed. One of the hidden dangers of childbirth is internal bleeding within the child\u2019s brain. This is a serious condition that can result in substantial neurological [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injuries","tag-birth-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brain bleeds in fetuses and newborns can be discovered &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 27, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brain bleeds in fetuses and newborns can be discovered - Birth Injuries - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/brain-bleeds-in-fetuses-and-newborns-can-be-discovered\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Brain bleeds in fetuses and newborns can be discovered &#8212; 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