Cerebral palsy

In his report on the case, the ombudsman said: "Continued fetal monitoring on this occasion may have enabled earlier detection of fetal distress and led to earlier delivery and possible avoidance of the development of cerebral palsy."

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"We want babies to have a healthy start in life, and when they're born pre-term there is an increased risk for respiratory problems, mental retardation, cerebral palsy and lifelong issues for the baby," Joseph said. She said March of Dimes is looking at the reasons for the increased premature births to try to address the problem. "There is not a single cause."

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"I like jumping on the trampoline," exclaimed Isabella Cerna, 12, who has Down syndrome. "I like to feel like I can fly," added Samantha Gorzell, 6, who has cerebral palsy and wears a leg brace. "The music helps me move,"

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"Patient H had suffered from quadriplegic cerebral palsy from birth," said Ms Berridge. "The week prior to his death the patient was unwell and had contracted a viral infection. "On April 19 (last year) his parents were concerned about his deteriorating condition and as a result they telephoned for an ambulance at 10.58pm."

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"It gets her going," said her mother, Luisa Martins, of the noise created by the HBRA members as they worked the past two weekends to build the little girl, diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was a few weeks old, an access ramp for her at the family home. "We don't have that many stairs at our front door, but it would be really easy to move her around in her wheelchair with the ramp,"

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"It can be confused with other things such as a stroke or cerebral palsy, " says Steve Annable from the Myasthenia Gravis Association (MGA). "One girl whose speech became slurred was sacked because her employers thought she was turning up to work drunk."

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"Caleb has severe Cerebral palsy and relies on this for his communication," she says. "He really has no movement and they have just taken it off him."

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"Our managed care contracts provide the opportunity to work with members who need adult and pediatric manual and power mobility solutions for severe physical disabilities related to paralysis, cerebral palsy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy and other conditions," said Sharon Kleinfelder, vice president of Corporate Contracting for The SCOOTER Store. "These health plans recognize us as a reliable provider for their members with mobility needs."

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"It stifles me," said Dworkin, who has cerebral palsy. "I can't go anywhere, I can't do anything."

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McCaughey said, "Translation: Don't give much care to a grandmother with Parkinson's or a child with cerebral palsy." In 2009, Govind Persad, Alan Wertheimer and Ezekiel Emanuel co-wrote another article on a similar topic in the journal The Lancet. Ezekiel was one of three authors who co-wrote Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions, which examines eight theoretical approaches for dealing with "allocation of very scarce medical interventions such as organs and vaccines."

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