28 results for “meconium aspiration”
0y · Female·meconium aspiration
A full-term female infant (41 weeks 3 days) died from meconium aspiration during a planned home water birth attended by an experienced midwife. The mother had gestation…
0y · Female·Intrapartum asphyxia refractory to postpartum resuscitation due to amniotic flui…
…died one hour after emergency caesarean section for fetal distress, caused by intrapartum asphyxia due to meconium aspiration. While labour induction, oxytocin dosing, and emergency surgery were appropriately managed, th…
Female·meconium aspiration
Talisha Hildebrandt was stillborn at Ayr Hospital on 7 January 2007 due to meconium aspiration. The pregnancy was low-risk and managed appropriately. A CTG monitor showed concerning fetal h…
0y · Male·meconium aspiration syndrome complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension
Baby C was born at 41 weeks and 2 days covered in thick meconium with respiratory distress. Key clinical failures included: (1) failure to respond to mother's request for…
0y · Female·Neonatal death in the setting of meconium aspiration
A term neonate died from meconium aspiration three hours after spontaneous labour onset. The mother had presented to hospital the previous …
1y · Female·Neonatal pneumonia, meconium aspiration and chorioamnionitis secondary to prolon…
…ifery support, and her Group B Streptococcus status was unknown. Autopsy revealed neonatal pneumonia from meconium aspiration, chorioamnionitis, and Rhizobium radiobacter infection (associated with plastic materials). Th…
0y · Female·Unascertained
…age. The baby showed no signs of life at birth with a white-blue complexion. Autopsy revealed macrosomia, meconium aspiration, intradural haemorrhage, and placental changes consistent with maternal diabetes and post-term…
0y · Male·Hypovolemic shock, metabolic acidosis and coagulopathy in association with subga…
…he deteriorated with pallor, respiratory distress, and hypothermia. Dr V. der Veer attributed symptoms to meconium aspiration and arranged transfer to Warrnambool. Post-mortem revealed subgaleal haemorrhage (approximatel…
0y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioam…
A full-term neonate born after induction of labour died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioamnionitis. The baby presented in poor condition at delivery with thick mec…
Female·Intrauterine pneumonia and meconium aspiration complicating intrauterine growth …
…aby W was born at 37+5 weeks in an ambulance and died at Bendigo Hospital from intrauterine pneumonia and meconium aspiration secondary to intrauterine growth restriction related to maternal amphetamine use. The mother h…
Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to meconium aspiration syndrome
A full-term baby born at 39 weeks died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to meconium aspiration. Critical failures in fetal monitoring were identified: the admission CTG was abnormal but not…
6y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia
… 9:30pm; (5) paediatric team notification was delayed. Contributing factors included placental pathology, meconium aspiration, birth trauma, and possibly herpes simplex virus infection. The hospital implemented centralis…
0y · Male·Group B Streptococcal infection and meconium aspiration with early bronchopneumo…
A newborn died of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infection and meconium aspiration bronchopneumonia less than three hours after planned home birth. The infant was born to a woma…
0y · Female·Perinatal asphyxia
…e to multiple pre-existing physiological compromises including placental pathology, in-utero hypoxia, and meconium aspiration. The coroner identified systemic failures in pathology reporting and hospital follow-up proced…
0y · Female·perinatal pneumonia in association with meconium aspiration
… born prematurely at 35 weeks at Dalwallinu Hospital on 20 March 2008, died from perinatal pneumonia with meconium aspiration the same day. Critical clinical failures occurred during her nine hours and forty minutes at D…
0y · Female·Birth asphyxia due to tight umbilical cord around neck with meconium aspiration
…y died shortly after birth from asphyxia caused by a tight umbilical cord around her neck, complicated by meconium aspiration. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures in care. Crucially, admission cardiotocogra…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating peri partum asphyxia
A term neonate died at 3 days of age from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to perinatal asphyxia. The mother presented in early labour, was initially discharged, then readmitted when labour progressed. Labour progres…
Male·Global hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
Preston Paudel, born at 37 weeks gestation after meconium-stained labour with syntocinon augmentation, was delivered severely compromised with Apgar scores of 1-1-…
0y · Female·perinatal asphyxia
Baby Kylie Hamilton, a 3-day-old neonate, died from perinatal asphyxia following emergency Caesarean delivery during her mother's induced labour. The mother had gestational diabetes and the fetus showed concerning CTG ab…
0y · Female·Fetal demise due to placental abruption and sepsis secondary to chorioamnionitis…
Ashlee Reindl died hours after birth in 2019 following a prolonged induction of labour complicated by fetal distress and chorioamnionitis. A catastrophic placental abruption occurred shortly before emergency caesarean se…
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