Re: Decision favors girl hurt at birth
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Fri Feb 27 15:59:29 2004
You only need 2.. or a sponge holder or even a needle holder - or
another cord clamp -
>At Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
>
>We are trying to train our residents to do it on all deliveries and then
>send it if the 5 minute apgar is less than 7. Dificult to do when there
>aren't enough clamps on the delivery table.
>Dan
>
>"Sound is like water. If you drill one hole in the wall the sound will
>leak right through."
>
>- JAY BRAUN, a band member by love, a soundproofer by necessity.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Efrain
>Ramirez
>Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:32 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: Decision favors girl hurt at birth
>
>Double clamping takes a couple of seconds - the thing is that we have
>not been trained to do it routinely -
>
>> At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Jane Helwig, MD wrote:
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>>At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, David Priver, MD wrote:
>>>
>>>It is pretty incredible that there exists an OB anywhere in this day
>>>and age who wouldn't get a cord Ph on an unresponsive newborn.
>>
>>David, Danville General is a community hospital and they probably don't
>
>>have a pediatrician in-house. If this was an unexpectedly unresponsive
>
>>newborn, the obstetrician probably had to resuscitate the baby and
>>getting the cord blood pH isn't one's first priority. When you do
>>finally get back to the mom and you are simultaneously delivering the
>>placenta and explaining to the family what has happened, it is easy to
>>forget the cord blood.
>>
>>--
>>Jane Helwig, MD, FACOG
>>Private practice, 2 MDs, 1 CNM
>>Franktown, VA
>>
>--
>"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
>But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound
>truth."
>
>Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
>
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