Archive for March 10th, 2008

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 Q. Okay. You mentioned earlier that since, I

2 think, ‘88 physicians have the option to use an

3 electronic fetal monitor or to auscultate every 15

4 minutes even in high-risk patients; is that correct?

5 A. Yes, that’s correct. Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 A. Well, of course. We all do. But I’m

2 saying that I don’t think it plays a role in etiology

3 here or — or in management to the extent that it would

4 be — it would prevent a problem. I think we do it

5 because it makes some common sense. We might raise the Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 the heart rate in a normal pattern. So as they’re

2 searching and trying to get this baby to either lie

3 still or to find the heart in a more consistent manner,

4 they are continuously being updated with heart rates as

5 they’re searching. They may not be able to print it

6 out in a continuous fashion, but I think that they are Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 steroids, watch the patient, and if something

2 deteriorates or labor progresses, then to stop the

3 tocolytics and allow labor and delivery to occur. And

4 I think that’s what Dr. D. and these nurses were

5 doing. Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 of marked variability or tachycardia before she has to

2 call the doctor?

3 A. Well, I don’t think with marked

4 variability, which doesn’t last very long anyway in

5 this case, that the nurse ever has to call the doctor. Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 fetal stress?

2 A. Well, that’s the — yes. The answer is

3 yes.

4 And I use that term pretty liberally when I Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 Many of the policies that I am familiar

2 with simply state that if an abnormality is suspected

3 or noted, that certain things should happen. But I

4 don’t think you have to list all of the objective Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 Monday and Tuesday?

2 A. Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

3 Q. Tuesday and Wednesday.

4 Now, have you ever had to testify in C.

5 for a trial on a Tuesday or Wednesday?

6 A. Oh, probably. I try to avoid it at all

7 costs, but I’m sure over the years I’ve — the schedule

8 was just such that I couldn’t avoid it and had one of

9 my partners fill in for me.

10 Q. Okay. Sir, I’m looking at your notes which

11 were timely faxed to me. Is there any opinion on here,

12 or is it simply a chronology?

13 A. It’s simply a chronology. There is an

14 opinion on the second page, at the bottom, where it

15 says — close to the bottom — where it says, “IMP.” Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 usually mark them as exhibits so I can get copies at

2 the end of the deposition.

3 MR. R.: Okay. Well, that’s the Read the rest of this entry »

posted by admin on Mar 10

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1 COMMONWEALTH OF K.

WARREN CIRCUIT C.

2 DIVISION NO. II

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