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Re: Fetal Pulse OximeteryFrom: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)Fri Jul 27 07:56:36 2001
interestingly enough - fetal pulse oximetry is discussed in the july 2001 contemporary ob-gyn - the accompanying sidebar comment is most telling. Dawn Collins, a med mal attorney from Long Beach, CA, USA opines "When a new technique is introduced, there is a period between the time it first becomes available and its adoption as 'standard of care' - if that is possible. That time frame is of legal significance. During this window, a physician may be sued for not having used the device when it was available and may be held liable for a bad outcome, assuming there is evidence that the device would have provided information that would have made a difference in management. We are at this juncture with fetal pulse oximetry. While the standard is cloudy, the physician may also be sued for using a device, and accused of delaying a delivery, and allegedly causing damage to the fetus. Even if fetal pulse oximetry becomes standard of care ... there will most likely be an expert who will say that the FHR pattern was so nonreassuring that the device delayed delivery and caused damage, regardless of the O2 saturation level." in other words, folks, we return to those Chinese interesting times. America - what a country!!! art
At Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
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