Posted On: March 2, 2009
Birth injuries / Complications
The following video discusses several complications / injuries at birth including:
Breach Birth - Abnormal presentation of the child
Caput succedaneum - swelling of the scalp usually caused by pressure from the delivery.
Cephalohematoma – blood collected under the periosteum
Intracranial Subgaleal Hemorrhage - bleeding in the skull (intracranial) or between the
periosteum and the galea aponeurosis (Subgaleal).
Subconjunctival Hemorrhage - damage to the eye, specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva
Facial paralysis
Fractures
