1y · Male·Pneumonia (early-onset, caused by Group B Streptococcus)
Baby XR died at one day old from early-onset pneumonia caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS) acquired during vaginal delivery. The mother had known GBS colonisation and received intrapartum prophylactic antibiotics as pe…
Female·Combination of liver failure, blood loss and shock following needle biopsy
…ek-old infant, died from hemorrhage following a liver biopsy at Monash Medical Centre. She had persistent jaundice, and biopsy was undertaken to investigate potential biliary atresia. Post-operatively, nursing staff coul…
0y · Unknown·unascertained
…s gestation presented to hospital with signs of sepsis including hypothermia, lethargy, poor feeding, and jaundice. Critical failures in recognition and triage occurred: the infant was inappropriately triaged as Category…
0y · Female·Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) category 2
…y at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, died of SIDS category 2 on 18 August 2018 aged 12 days. She was born with neonatal abstinence syndrome due to maternal methadone use and was hospitalised twice within 3 days for poor weigh…
3y · Unknown·Unascertained - natural causes; evidence of aspiration pneumonia, hypoxic-ischae…
Baby R, born at 38 weeks gestation to a mother with previous pregnancy losses, was small-for-gestational-age (SGA, 10th centile). The mother was appropriately excluded from the hospital-supported home birth program due t…
0y · Unknown·Mechanical asphyxiation as a consequence of overlaying
Baby A, a 7-week-old premature infant, died from mechanical asphyxiation due to overlaying while co-sleeping with his mother at Derby Hospital. The baby had been transferred from Darwin Hospital for weight monitoring and…
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