What is Birth Injury?

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What is Birth Injury?

Birth Injury: An injury to the mother caused by childbirth.
Birth Injury: physical injury to an infant during the birth process.
Source - WordNet 2.1

How many people get Birth Injury?

Incidence (annual) of Birth Injury: 7 per 1,000 births¹.
Incidence Rate of Birth Injury: approx 1 in 9,714 or 0.01% or 28,000 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Birth Injury?

Complications of Birth Injury: see complications of Birth Injury

What causes Birth Injury?

Causes of Birth Injury: see causes of Birth Injury

What are the symptoms of Birth Injury?

Symptoms of Birth Injury: see symptoms of Birth Injury

Complications of Birth Injury: see complications of Birth Injury

Birth Injury: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Birth Injury.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Birth Injury.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Birth Injury: see treatments for Birth Injury
Research for Birth Injury: see research for Birth Injury

Name and Aliases of Birth Injury

Main name of condition: Birth Injury

Other names or spellings for Birth Injury:

birth trauma, birth trauma injury, childbirth injury, childbirth trauma, childbirth trauma injury

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Birth Injury:

Erb's palsy
Clavicle fracture
Femur fracture
Caesarean fracture
Hypoxic encephalopathy

Footnotes:
1. Childhood Symptoms, Edward R. Brace, John P. Pacanowski, Ed Weiner, 1992

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