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Doctors often recommend inducing labor to help a mother deliver safely. To start contractions, they may suggest methods such as amniotomy ("breaking the water”). This is when your doctor makes a small opening in the amniotic sac to release the fluid. While this is...
Cerebral palsy (CP) can make your child’s life difficult. The condition occurs when the part of the brain that controls movement, balance and posture gets damaged. While the damage may happen anytime during the brain’s development, it unfortunately happens often...
The last thing any patient wants to see is poor hygiene in a hospital. Many patients are very ill and vulnerable and poor hygiene in the hospital is likely to make their condition worse. Hospitals must have regular cleaning protocols in place as well as devices such...
Out of all the possible problems that can occur during labor, fetal distress is one of the most common. It happens during birth when the fetus is not getting enough oxygen, often observed through irregular fetal heart rate. It can be a severe delivery complication,...
The tragic irony is when a powerful drug meant to reduce pain induces it instead. Anesthesia is a medical procedure that prevents the feeling of pain during surgeries, dental work, and screening or diagnostic exams. Anesthetic drugs usually have three primary types –...
We rely on physicians to provide a standard of care that begins with the initial hospital visit and the resulting diagnosis. However, physicians are only human, and humans make mistakes, including misdiagnoses. Once the misdiagnosis results in no treatment, delayed...
The question has often been asked whether a doctor dining out is obligated to assist if a medical emergency arises in the restaurant. For Oregon doctors, as well as those in other states, certain conduct is expected while acting in a medical capacity. Doctors are...
Anesthesiologists in Oregon may be less likely to make medication mistakes if they use prefilled syringes. Some hospitals are switching to prefilled syringes as a way to save time, money and improve patient safety. At Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New...
Oregon patients might be interested to learn that some hospitals around the country are switching to the use of prefilled syringes over vials of medication in hospital operating rooms. At Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, the syringes are in use in the inpatient...
Hospital patients in Oregon who are prescribed opioid painkillers may be at risk for serious injuries. Opioids can significantly suppress a patient's respiratory system, which can the brain of oxygen. Some medical experts believe that fatal medication errors...