Injury or Poisoning
birth injury
birth in·ju·ry [ burth in-juh-ree ]
Subclass of:
Wounds and Injuries; Neonatal disorder
Definitions related to birth injuries:
  • (birth injury) Injury to a newborn incurred during labor and delivery.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Mechanical or anoxic trauma incurred by the infant during labor or delivery.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (neonatal injury related to birth) An injury sustained to a neonate during the birthing process.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The forces of labor and delivery occasionally cause physical injury to the infant. The incidence of neonatal injury resulting from difficult or traumatic deliveries is decreasing due to increasing use of cesarean delivery in place of difficult versions, vacuum extractions, or mid- or high-forceps deliveries.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
  • Injuries to the infant that result from mechanical forces (ie, compression, traction) during the birth process are categorized as birth trauma. Factors responsible for mechanical injury may coexist with hypoxic-ischemic insult; one may predispose the infant to the other.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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