Obstetrics, genetics, and litigation

Abstract

Claims of medical malpractice are universal as reflected by reports from many countries. The fact that no departure from an expected standard of care occurred is often overlooked, ignored, or lost in the welter of grief. Not infrequently and often years later, in a majority of malpractice claims, there is vindication via a defense verdict of the rendered care, but not without considerable physician pain, cost, and embarrassment.Advances in human genetics have increasingly enabled detection of previously unrecognized genetic disorders that caused or contributed to adverse pregnancy outcome. Months to many years may elapse before a precise diagnosis is made, sometimes even after a settlement or verdict is reached. Genetic disorder, congenital

Rapid and automatic assessment of early gestational age using computer vision and biometric measurements based on ultrasound video

“…Further research is needed in this area. Similar to any computeraided diagnosis tool, it is recommended that clinicians perform "sanity checks" on a few special outputs (23,24). In addition, because a scale bar was used in the proposed method, the video had to be scanned at the same magnification.…”