Is Erb’s palsy preventable? Yes, Erb’s palsy is caused by doctor negligence.
How can Erb’s palsy be prevented?
Erb’s palsy can be prevented by having good health care during pregnancy by monitoring blood sugar of mothers with gestational diabetes and maternal diabetes. Obstetricians or midwives should be evaluating risk factors, and consult with you as to the advantages of a cesarean delivery rather than vaginal delivery.
What are the risk factors for Erb’s palsy?
Difficult deliveries may result from babies that weigh over 8.5 pounds at birth, mothers with gestational diabetes or maternal diabetes who have not been carefully monitored and managed especially for blood sugar; mothers who have had a prior child with shoulder dystocia (stuck shoulder), mothers with small pelvis or unusually shaped pelvis, prolonged labors, wrong position of fetus in birth canal, breech positioning, and mothers who took prescription drugs to speed up delivery
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Erb's palsy is almost always a preventable birth injury if the medical team has adequately planned for the challenges of delivering large babies and babies of diabetic mothers.
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What kind of planning will help prevent Erb’s palsy?
A large baby can be delivered a few days or weeks early before becoming too large for delivery vaginally. Your birthing facility has a duty to the birthing patient to make sure that their obstetric teams have continuing education and skill training, in order to correctly manage these challenges as they occur.
What can parents do to be better informed about Erb’s palsy?
Parents should be informed and anticipate potential problems and be involved in the decision-making process, not forced to make last minute crisis decisions.
Parents should be informed of the risks that could lead to a difficult delivery with shoulder dystocia. Together with their obstetrician or midwife, they should explore the options, such as an earlier induction or a planned delivery by cesarean section, in the event that risk factors are present.
In the event that a baby's shoulder becomes wedged behind the mother's pubic bone, there are several techniques and maneuvers to dislodge the stuck shoulder safely. A team of nurses and doctors with current knowledge and skill in the techniques for these more complex deliveries are less likely to deliver an injured baby.
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