CHICAGO (WMAQ) – It’s small, but may have a huge impact by saving thousands of families the heartache of a baby born with cerebral palsy. It works by measuring the oxygen level of babies more accurately before birth. For every 100 babies born, one will be oxygen deprived. At its worst it can lead to crippling diseases like cerebral palsy. Right now doctors routinely monitor the fetal heartbeat and it gives some idea of the oxygen level, but not much. “It’s not extremely accurate,” said Dr. William Grobman. That can lead to unnecessary procedures like a c-section. So Dr. Bill Grobman is taking part in a nationwide study he hopes will lead to reducing the number of oxygen deprived babies by half. “This little end gets attached to the top of the baby’s head and this gets attached to the computer,” said Dr. Grobman. It’s a gold tip that can be inserted into the womb during labor. Preliminary European research shows it may measure oxygen levels so accurately that it can give a doctor a clear answer whether the baby needs to be delivered early. “It comes out with a large black box that indicates a greater chance of a problem with fetal oxygenation that needs to be attended to,” said Dr. Grobman. So far doctors at Northwestern have used the device on 65 women. But it may be several years before the study is completed.
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Most treatments for cerebral palsy (CP) are initially directed toward children. What is not clearly established is the long- term effects of such treatments. Many appear helpful in the short term but prove to be disadvantageous in the long run. Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a permanent, irreversible neurosurgical procedure for reducing spasticity in cerebral palsy. Parents contemplating SDR for their child would like assurance that that there will not be harmful complications from it as the child ages into adolescence and adulthood. We now have new evidence...
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Hi!I like your articles. My daughter has c.p according to floating in mass. But nothing came out positve through many testing result is negative. I am her dad my girl which is 6yrs of age. her mother slip from the bed during the full term pregnency,she lost lots of blood and she went into convulsion, went into coma.she had emergency c section. After few weeks go by Dr release the baby after couple weeks until my wife came out of coma and everything was alright according to Dr. after my wife came home nearly lost her life/after9months baby was not crawling or turning over. So during few routine visit I confronted the peditrician Dr. Istated to him my child is not doing any thing normal activities like normal 8 month child should do until I went into website called Dr.Web. they said it might be c.p and I approached him told him could it be c.p he said its possible and he nsent my girlto floating,women and infants in Rhode Island. they also agreed it was but no reult that it is. Do you have any suggestion?
Is their any research that could help my girl out their? It’s heartbreaking to see my child like this and I feel helpless for my girl and she loves her family so much. She gives us her warmth and smile which she gives us her kisses.
Appreciate your help sincerely yours from Jiyong.