West Palm Beach medical malpractice lawyer-Gary Roberts-alerts U.S. premature birth rate 2nd to Africa

West Palm Beach medical malpractice attorney-Roberts-informs parents that negligent medical care may also trigger complications of premature birth.

/West Palm Beach Injury Lawyers Gary Roberts & Associates, P.A./Gary Roberts/10/07/2009

Florida medical malpractice attorney-The need for early prenatal care in prevention of premature births to prevent lifelong problems and respiratory issues.

South Florida medical malpractice attorney, Gary Roberts, an experienced medical injury attorney in Palm Beach County, Florida, educates parents and pregnant women on findings revealed in a recent study by the March of Dimes and the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly one in ten babies born worldwide are premature (born before the 37th week of pregnancy) according to the study. The research findings were announced during a child health conference in India on Sunday, as reported by YahooNews. The research brought to light the alarming news that North America is second only to the developing country of Africa in premature birth rates. Even though wealthy nations, like the United States, have advanced medical care facilities, like neonatal intensive care units and a plethora of specialty trained doctors and nurses, they still face an extremely high premature birth rate both with and without acceptable medical care.

New parents are traditionally misled by obstetricians, pre-natal care staff, and nurses involving the serious issues and problems that can result after a premature birth. Even though doctors’ medical malpractice and liability insurance carriers recommend physicians admit known risks and likely errors to their parents, valuable information seems to be slipping through the cracks. Expectant parents are given a false sense of confidence regarding infant outcome after a premature birth. U.S. parents are led to believe babies, who are born early, consistently become medical miracles and progress to a normal healthy life. Doctors, nurses, and hospital staff fail to educate and stress the inherent fact to parents that with premature birth can come lifelong problems including respiratory issues, cerebral palsy, blindness, and learning disabilities. What is even more surprising in a developed and educated country like the United States are that the leading risk factors for an early birth are often the same as in developing nations:

-Early elective inductions and cesarean sections (wealthy nations). Doctors allow expectant mother’s to choose early delivery and cesarean sections
-Lack of prenatal care
-Maternal care for pregnancy harming medical conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or infections which are many     times because a medical professional failed to diagnose the problem
-Smoking and alcohol use
-Carrying twins or more
-Pregnancy before age 16 and after 35
-Pregnancies less than two years apart.

Most of these listed risk factors are preventable and even correctable with proper early assessment of the expectant mother and identification of possible issues long before a pre-term birth occurs. When health care providers like obstetricians, health care workers at prenatal clinics, and nurses at outpatient centers and hospitals fail to identify, diagnose, treat, and educate expectant mothers, fathers, and family members, the unborn baby’s opportunity to successfully thrive is lowered exponentially. South Florida medical malpractice attorney, Roberts, who is experienced in handling obstetrical and birth injury cases for parents calls Florida parents, expectant mothers, and health care providers to action. New parent and health care workers education is the key to lowering preventable and unnecessary premature births, tragedies, and deaths. A combination of well-meaning and educated parents, concerned and attentive health care providers, and a continued research effort into early birth prevention is needed to lower premature birth rates. Roberts urges parents to advocate to lower premature birth tragedies and deaths.

Florida medical malpractice injury education by Gary Roberts, a South Florida personal injury lawyer experienced in negligent medical care court cases. Gary Roberts & Associates, 1675 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.,
Seventh Floor, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Phone: 561-686-1800 http://www.westpalmbeach-injurylawyers.com/ 

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