10 results for “epidural anaesthetic”
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
…ur until 3:15am—a 90-minute delay unacceptable by any standard. Systemic failures prevented appropriate anaesthetic management: no theatre staff were on duty; the junior anaesthetic registrar could not administer genera…
0y · Male·complications of intrauterine hypoxia
Baby Jacob Hill died from intrauterine hypoxia following an obstructed labour managed at Sunshine Hospital. A 39-week primiparous labour was complicated by deep transverse arrest. After initial assessment suggesting caes…
18y · Female·Generalised tonic-clonic seizure and cardiac arrest arising from severe hyperten…
…hypertensive medication or magnesium sulphate. Instead, the treating anaesthetist administered additional epidural analgesia, expecting this to lower blood pressure. At 1810 hours she became drowsy with eyelid flickering…
9y · Male·Head injury (epidural haematoma with cerebral coning following craniotomy)
…l 13 April, stating Dwayne appeared stable. When the CT scan was finally performed, it revealed a massive epidural haematoma. Emergency surgery was attempted but Dwayne died from cerebral coning. The coroner found the cr…
62y · Male·Intraoperative haemorrhage due to metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (su…
A 62-year-old man died from intraoperative haemorrhage during surgery for a renal tumour initially diagnosed as benign anastomosing haemangioma on biopsy but found at autopsy to be metastatic clear cell renal cell carcin…
0y · Male·Perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with severe diffuse cortical necrosis…
George Darcy Key, an 8-day-old neonate, died from perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following labour complicated by excessive syntocinon-induced contractions and delayed obstetric intervention. The infant was de…
29y · Male·severe neonatal encephalopathy, post palliative care; possible underlying cause:…
A 29-day-old neonate died from severe neonatal encephalopathy following birth asphyxia. The infant was born after prolonged induction and protracted second-stage labour at Lyell McEwin Hospital, followed by instrumental …
0y · Female·Intra-uterine hypoxia
Baby Paula O'Shea was born at Sandringham Hospital at term following spontaneous labour. Labour was augmented with IV Syntocinon after ARM. Cardiotocography (CTG) monitoring was difficult to interpret due to poor detecti…
0y · Female·Organ failure caused by not receiving enough oxygen during labour (intrapartum h…
Georgia Rae Tilmouth was born at 35 weeks gestation after premature labour and died 13 hours later from perinatal asphyxia due to hypoxia during labour. The coroner found multiple deficiencies in obstetric care contribut…
12y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure due to acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus in the contex…
Samantha Rose Spence, 12 years old, died two days after spinal fusion surgery for severe scoliosis. She had a pre-existing, asymptomatic Chiari type 1 malformation detected on pre-operative MRI of her spine. A paediatric…
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