24 results for “foetal acidosis”
0y · Female·Neonatal death in the setting of meconium aspiration
…hours after spontaneous labour onset. The mother had presented to hospital the previous day with decreased foetal movements and was discharged without comprehensive assessment (no amniotic fluid index measurement). Criti…
2y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and intracranial haemorrhage complicating obstr…
…rean section. The mother presented in spontaneous labour at 39 weeks and experienced prolonged labour with foetal tachycardia and reduced variability on CTG monitoring. After failed attempts at vacuum and forceps deliver…
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…
2y · Male·Perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia and subsequent multi-organ failure
…: persistently pale newborns with cord blood pH 7.02 and hypothermia require investigation for anaemia and foetal-maternal haemorrhage, and repeat blood gas analysis within 30-60 minutes of delivery. Significant hypoglyc…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating peri partum asphyxia
… minutes later. The baby was born severely compromised (Apgar 0/1/2/3 at 1/5/10/20 minutes) with profound acidosis indicating prolonged hypoxia. Post-mortem revealed hypercoiled umbilical cord with suspected vascular obs…
0y · Female·Sepsis
…ture of maternal membranes 48 hours prior to delivery. The infection caused chorioamnionitis with profound foetal inflammatory response, severely compromising the baby before labour commenced. Clinical lessons: (1) Patie…
0y · Female·Cerebral hypoxia due to placental abruption
Sophie Sparreboom died from cerebral hypoxia secondary to placental abruption following emergency caesarean section. Gestational diabetes indicated planned induction at term. At 2050 hours, antepartum haemorrhage and pat…
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…
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
…y or requested to perform general anaesthesia, delivery could have been significantly expedited. Prolonged foetal hypoxia may have rendered the outcome inevitable, but systemic inadequacies at the non-tertiary hospital c…
0y · Male·Perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with severe diffuse cortical necrosis…
…igns. The CTG tracing was faxed late (23 minutes) to the obstetrician's rooms, delaying his recognition of foetal distress. Though Dr A. attended when urgently called, caesarean section was delayed approximately 60 minut…
0y · Female·Complications of ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) in the sett…
…failures and inadequate senior involvement contributed to management deficiencies, though the overwhelming foetal infection may not have been preventable despite earlier delivery.
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…
0y · Male·Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and massive subgaleal haemorrhage, both associat…
Baby X, born at Canberra Hospital after a prolonged labour, died at age 2 days from injuries sustained during birth. Two interlinked pathologies contributed to death: hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) from prolonged …
0y · Female·Severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy due to brain injury from complicated assi…
… hours when vacuum-assisted delivery was attempted. Lucy was born in poor condition with severe metabolic acidosis and required emergency retrieval and therapeutic cooling but ultimately died. Expert review found that ea…
Jessica: disseminated intravascular coagulation following haemorrhage (subgaleal…
Two neonates died from complications of subgaleal haemorrhage following ventouse extraction. Jessica Stemmer (7 hours old) died from disseminated intravascular coagulation after subgaleal haemorrhage. Thomas Mahar (8 day…
0y · Female·Peripartum hypoxia
Mia Davies died from peripartum hypoxia after a prolonged and poorly managed labour at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. She had been diagnosed with multiple congenital anomalies (atrioventricular septal defect, oesop…
Female·Head injury in the setting of an obstructed labour
A term-destined baby (35 weeks gestation) died from head injuries sustained during delivery. She presented to hospital with suspected preterm labour, was managed conservatively initially, and progressed to spontaneous la…
Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from intra-uterine asphyxia (causative factors unas…
William Keays was a neonate born at 37 weeks via emergency caesarean section for fetal distress during labour induction with Syntocinon. He was stillborn with Apgar scores of 0/0/1, requiring 12 minutes of resuscitation …
7y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the setting of a breech delivery
A neonate born at home in breech presentation without medical assistance suffered hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and died at 7 days old. The mother had been counselled by hospital obstetricians about risks of home bree…
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 …
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