Re: Malpractice questionairre
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Tue Jun 26 21:17:38 2007
I totally disagree... they are an objective parameter of the baby's
condition at birth... and cheap - for $20 you have a good information--
not a waste of money at all. I do them to all my deliveries..I am sure
it will, someday, become the standard of care.
Ef
> At Tue, 26 Jun 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
>
>All cord gases do is cover the insurance comany's ass at the expense pf the
>patient. They are of no value to the mother or the newborn and are a waste
>of money.
>I can say that since I am now retired and don't have to purchase Malpractice
>insurance any longer.
>
>Dan
>
>On 6/26/07, Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO <
>Darryl.elrod@lakenheath.af.mil> wrote:
>>
>> Joe,
>>
>> Yeah! I know. There are a bunch of questions all like that.
>> Thankfully, most I 'do' the right thing and don't have to explain
>> myself. It just got me questioning if on this one I SHOULD be
>> collecting a sample of cord for gases on each and every delivery. Did I
>> miss some new policy statement that makes it standard of care? Of
>> course the malpractice carrier will be the first ones to pick up on this
>> for sure.
>>
>> Glen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Joe
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:34 AM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>> Subject: Re: Malpractice questionairre
>>
>> Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO wrote:
>> > I am filling out my first malpractice questionnaire. It read through
>> a
>> > list of questions and if you pick the 'wrong' answer (ie Do you apply
>> > fundal pressure for relief of shoulder dystocia? If YES, then
>> explain)
>> > they make you explain the answers.
>> >
>> > One of the questions is 'Do you routinely collect cord blood at ALL
>> > deliveries' If NO, then explain.
>> >
>> > Somehow, because I was trained that way, just doesn't seem salient.
>> > What do you all do with regard to cord blood collection at delivery
>> and why?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Glen
>> >
>> Is this for your own insurance carrier? From legal point of view
>> whatever you put in print may come back to haunt you. Joe C
>>
>--
>R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
>Professor Emeritus
>Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>Indiana U. School of Medicine
>
>R. Daniel Braun
>
> "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND"
> Einstein 1941
>
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