“Although diffusion MRI imaging often requires sedation, families and patients deserve definitive testing to rule out hypoxic brain damage that may be invisible with routine MRI. These are serious injuries and the diagnosis matters,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What does Kenichi Oishi, MD, PhD from Johns Hopkins University [...]
“Developmental delay is a descriptive term used when a child does not achieve expected developmental milestones compared to other children of the same age range. Hypoxic brain injury should be ruled in or ruled out early, using MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging and volumetric analysis," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified PM&R. Dr. Greg Vigna, [...]
“Early intervention and diagnosis of the cause is medically necessary and appropriate in newborns, toddlers, or children following a difficult delivery where there was a risk of hypoxic brain injury. There are reliable objective MRI predictors of long-term outcomes,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What does Dr. Sheng-Che Hung, MD, [...]
“It also found that the presence of certain factors, such as paternal age and history of hypoxia/asphyxia, was associated with more severe ASD symptoms,” states Dr. Abdullah Bozkurt, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. What did Dr. Bozkurt report in “Evaluation of Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder According to Disease [...]
“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, [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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. [...]
“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, [...]
“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 [...]