Birth injury

Broader Terms

injury

Related Terms

cerebral palsy, congenital disorder, labor complication

Scope Note

mechanical or anoxic trauma incurred by or to the infant during labor or delivery.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• A birth injury is an injury that occurs to an infant’s body before, during or just after birth.
• The definition of a birth injury is harm caused to the baby before, during, or upon birth.
• Additionally, a birth injury is a traumatic, devastating event for the entire family, and parents of a child with a birth injury may be entitled to compensation for the emotional and psychological distress they suffer.
• Separating the effects of a hypoxic-ischemic insult from those of traumatic birth injury is difficult.
• I've heard that Cerebral Palsy can be the result of a 'birth injury', but isn't that the same as a 'birth defect'? A birth injury is suffered by the infant at the time of birth or soon after birth when the infant is still in the care of medical professionals.