19 results for “chorioamnionitis”
0y · Male·extreme prematurity associated with acute chorioamnionitis
…ency treatment, the infant died on the day of birth. Autopsy confirmed extreme prematurity with acute chorioamnionitis as the cause. The coroner found that treatment by both paramedics and hospital staff was appropriate …
1y · Female·Neonatal pneumonia, meconium aspiration and chorioamnionitis secondary to prolon…
…oup B Streptococcus status was unknown. Autopsy revealed neonatal pneumonia from meconium aspiration, chorioamnionitis, and Rhizobium radiobacter infection (associated with plastic materials). The coroner found the death…
0y · Female·Sepsis
…oped after spontaneous rupture of maternal membranes 48 hours prior to delivery. The infection caused chorioamnionitis with profound foetal inflammatory response, severely compromising the baby before labour commenced. C…
0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to intra-partum event and E. coli sepsis, s…
…43 minutes after birth from combined hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and E. coli sepsis secondary to chorioamnionitis. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) confusion over twin nomenclature delayed resuscitation by 30 …
0y · Female·Fetal demise due to placental abruption and sepsis secondary to chorioamnionitis…
…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 section, and though r…
3y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to chorioamnionitis due to Gardnerella Vagi…
Zamia Ely-Smith died at 3 days of age from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to chorioamnionitis following home birth at term. Clinical lessons include: (1) decreased fetal movements at 39+ weeks ge…
0y · Female·Pulmonary hypoplasia in the setting of ascending maternal genital tract infectio…
Hannah McNeil, a term neonate, died from pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to ascending maternal genital tract infection. She was born via emergency caesarean section after induction of labour for brow presentation. Despite…
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·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of meconium aspiration syndrome and chorioam…
…fter 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 meconium present and required resuscitat…
0y · Female·Complications of ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) in the sett…
…ia Rose Iskander died at 8 hours of age from ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with chorioamnionitis following maternal premature pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM) at 32 weeks. Maternal management…
0y · Female·Group B Streptococcus meningitis and sepsis
…al tachycardia (160-170 bpm), and neonatal fever (39.5°C at birth). Despite these signs suggestive of chorioamnionitis, a paediatrician was not notified at birth. The baby appeared well post-delivery and was discharged h…
0y · Male·complications of intrauterine hypoxia
…n communication and escalation contributed to the cascade of events. Post-mortem identified placental chorioamnionitis indicating antenatal infection.
0y · Male·hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia and haemorrhage with uterine rupture in a …
A neonate died shortly after birth from hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia, haemorrhage and uterine rupture following prolonged rupture of membranes during a planned vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). The mother at…
0y · Female·Perinatal asphyxia
Baby XY, a 41-week-old newborn, died from perinatal asphyxia six hours after birth at Sunshine Hospital. The primary clinical lesson involves diagnostic failure: the mother was not diagnosed with gestational diabetes dur…
6y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia
HC was a neonate who died at 6 days old from global cerebral ischaemia secondary to perinatal asphyxia. He was born following an emergency caesarean section for obstructed labour and fetal distress. Key clinical lessons …
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 recognised as such by…
0y · Female·Congenital Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B) pneumonia in the setting of compli…
Baby Mabel Windmill was born in a moribund state following emergency caesarean section after complicated labour and died from congenital Group B streptococcal pneumonia. The inquest identified several suboptimal clinical…
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…
0y · Female·perinatal pneumonia in association with meconium aspiration
Baby Sharinka Patricia Little, 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 nin…
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