Objective Findings Consistent with Hypoxic Injuries in Autism Spectrum Disorder

“Clearly, there are children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who show objective findings on advanced MRI volumetric studies that are linked to perinatal hypoxia. This indicates a brain injury caused at birth,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What did Dr. Perciado report in her article published in Autism Research, [...]

2025-05-19T15:14:36-07:00May 19th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Hypoxic Brain Injury Both a Cause and an Effect

“This study by University of San Francisco shows that hypoxic brain damage around the time of birth is associated with autism spectrum disorder and makes the effects of this diagnosis worse,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, National Birth Injury Attorney. What did Dr. Perciado report in her article published in Autism Research, “Prenatal exposure to [...]

2025-05-19T15:12:15-07:00May 19th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Low Apgar Score and Higher Risk of Autism Risk: Diffusion Weighted MRI

“Low Apgar score has been associated with higher risk for several neurological and psychiatric disorders, including cerebral palsy and intellectual disability… This study suggests that low Apgar score is associated with higher risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and in particular Autism Disorder,” states Dr. Abraham Reichenberg, Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine. What does [...]

2025-05-14T16:47:50-07:00May 14th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening with M-CHAT for Ages 18-24 Months with History of Neonatal Encephalopathy

“We believe that the M-CHAT screening test is suitable for use in the screening of this age group (18-24 months), adaptable to all countries, and can be applied by all healthcare workers with sufficient sensitivity (92%), and it will be the first step for a consultation to child psychiatry clinic,” states Dr. Birol Karabulut, neonatologist. [...]

2025-04-02T17:30:20-07:00April 2nd, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Hypoxic Brain Damage and Febrile Seizures in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Volumetric MRI Next

“Many children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, who have a history birth asphyxia and a ‘normal MRI’ of the brain, may show abnormalities on advanced MRI with diffusion weight study and volumetric analysis, indicating a birth injury," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national birth injury attorney, says, [...]

2025-04-02T17:12:02-07:00April 2nd, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Neonatal Hypoxia and Therapeutic Cooling: The Survivors Without Cerebral Palsy are at Risk

“The literature shows that 79% of those who underwent therapeutic cooling for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy do not have cerebral palsy. Unfortunately, nearly a quarter of those have cognitive impairment and are at risk for motor impairments,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national birth injury attorney, states, “There are [...]

2025-04-02T17:09:42-07:00April 2nd, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: The Benefits and Limitations of Therapeutic Cooling

“Unfortunately, nearly a quarter of children who require and receive therapeutic cooling and don’t develop cerebral palsy have cognitive impairment and minor motor impairment. There are now objective radiographic tests to diagnose the children at risk," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national birth injury attorney, states, “Therapeutic [...]

2025-04-02T17:03:01-07:00April 2nd, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diffusion Weighted MRI to Rule Out Hypoxic Injuries

“We are investigating cases that involve children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who had a diagnosis of neonatal encephalopathy, low Apgar’s at birth, and acidosis on the cord blood gas following a complicated delivery, with or without therapeutic cooling,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national neurological injury attorney. What did Dr. Perciado report in her [...]

2025-03-24T10:40:03-07:00March 24th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Objective Findings Consistent with Hypoxic Injuries in Autism Spectrum Disorder

“Clearly there are children with the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder who have objective findings on MRI that are associated with perinatal hypoxia. That is a birth injury,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What did Dr. Perciado report in her article published in Autism Research, “Prenatal exposure to hypoxic [...]

2025-03-24T10:25:45-07:00March 24th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Motor-cognitive Impairment: Hypoxic versus Non-Hypoxic

“Our findings demonstrate that, despite the manifest successes of therapeutic hypothermia, brain development is impaired in these children,” states Dr. Ela Chakkarapani, Pediatrics and Neonatology. Dr. Greg Vigna, Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, national birth injury attorney says, “Children who required therapeutic cooling may be spared the diagnosis of cerebral palsy, but clearly [...]

2025-03-06T13:59:38-07:00March 6th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments
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