17 results for “cardiac arrest”
42y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemia in a setting of anaesthesia
A 42-year-old woman died from global cerebral ischaemia following cardiac arrest during anaesthesia for a late-term termination of pregnancy. The anaesthetist, Dr McAllister, fail…
30y · Female·respiratory failure related to bronchopneumonia following cerebral anoxia due to…
… 9:30 AM with amniotic fluid embolism following uterine rupture, suffering catastrophic cerebral hypoxia, cardiac arrest, coagulopathy, and eventual death from bronchopneumonia 4 months later. The coroner found inadequa…
18y · Female·Generalised tonic-clonic seizure and cardiac arrest arising from severe hyperten…
…id flickering. At 1817 hours she suffered a generalised seizure caused by hypertensive encephalopathy. She arrested at 1823 hours; resuscitation commenced at 1826 hours (3-minute delay). She died at 1901 hours despite re…
32y · Female·hypoxic brain injury as a result of a cardiac arrest due to positional asphyxia …
…rson in charge, failure to monitor breathing, and excessive duration. She developed cyanosis and suffered cardiac arrest from positional asphyxia. Despite resuscitation, she died from hypoxic brain injury. The coroner i…
29y · Female·Hypoxic Encephalopathy consequent upon Cardiorespiratory Arrest arising from eit…
…ril 2007. She developed anaphylaxis post-procedure (likely cephalosporin-triggered) with cardiorespiratory arrest. The attending GP sedationist administered adrenaline but failed to intubate effectively, leaving her seve…
0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
A three-day-old girl, Baby Kirat, died from global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury sustained during co-sleeping with her mother in a hospital maternity ward on 9 July 2013. She was resuscitated and transferred to NICU but…
0y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxic injury and perinatal asphyxia secondary to uterine ruptu…
…or over 40 minutes before hospital transfer; rupture likely occurred during this period. Baby was born in cardiac arrest with Apgar 0 at 1 minute and cord lactate 13.7 (indicating severe hypoxia). Failed intubation duri…
34y · Female·Catastrophic post-partum haemorrhage following caesarean delivery, secondary to …
…ee separate doses 10-15 minutes apart) to a haemodynamically unstable patient. Within minutes, the patient arrested, requiring hysterectomy and ICU admission. She developed multi-organ failure with irreversible shock and…
35y · Female·Acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following intravenous injection of cru…
A 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C and long-standing intravenous drug use died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following injection of crushed Xanax tablets. She presented to hospital with cardiog…
39y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to multiple hypovolaemic cardiac arrests from cat…
Linda Parker, aged 39, died from hypoxic brain injury following catastrophic postpartum haemorrhage from placenta increta during caesarean delivery. Critical lessons: (1) Placenta increta risk was not detected prenatally…
25y · Female·ruptured splenic artery aneurysm with haemorrhage and internal blood loss
A 25-year-old pregnant woman (23 weeks) presented to hospital with sudden left upper quadrant abdominal pain and loss of consciousness. Clinical assessment identified renal colic and gallstones as likely diagnoses. She r…
0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to true knot in umbilical cord
A term infant died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by a true knot in the umbilical cord. The mother presented in labour with spontaneous rupture of membranes and had a prolonged second stage. Foetal heart ra…
0y · Male·Intrapartum hypoxia due to true knot in umbilical cord with cord wrapped three t…
Tyler Reading-Adams died at 95 minutes old from intrapartum hypoxia caused by a true knot in his umbilical cord wrapped three times around his neck. The mother presented at 40 weeks 6 days gestation with spontaneous rupt…
36y · Female·Global ischaemic injury following cardiorespiratory arrest in the immediate post…
Caroline Lovell, 36, died from postpartum haemorrhage following home birth of her second child. She had significant risk factors: prior PPH with first child and uterine fibroid, but these were not properly investigated b…
0y · Male·Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and massive subgaleal haemorrhage, both associat…
…d critically, delayed recognition of subgaleal haemorrhage in NICU. The haemorrhage went undetected until cardiac arrest at 15+ hours post-birth, despite visible scalp bruising from 27 minutes after birth. Delayed recog…
1y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and multisystem failure in the setting of extre…
Baby B was born by emergency breech extraction in an ambulance after obstructed labour, sustaining severe hypoxic-ischaemic injury. The death was multifactorial. The mother had limited antenatal care despite known metham…
35y · Female·Unascertained
A 35-year-old grand multipara with multiple risk factors (BMI >35, smoking, grand multiparity, pregnancy-induced hypertension) presented at 40+4 weeks with absent foetal movements and was induced on Sunday evening. She e…
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