10 results for “instrumental vaginal delivery”
0y · Male·traumatic head injury due to instrumental vaginal delivery of a term infant
Baby H died on 24 March 2019, one day after birth, from traumatic head injuries sustained during an instrumental vaginal delivery using Neville Barnes forceps on a baby in occipito-posterior position. Critical clinic…
0y · Male·subgaleal haematoma and subarachnoid haemorrhage complicating a prolonged labour
…ied within 40 minutes of birth from subgaleal haematoma and subarachnoid haemorrhage following a failed instrumental delivery for prolonged labour. The coroner identified critical missed opportunities in decision-making …
0y · Male·global hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
A term breech baby was born at Launceston General Hospital following a traumatic vaginal delivery with instrumental assistance after failed initial extraction attempts. The infant suffered sever…
0y · Male·acute hypoxic damage caused by shoulder dystocia during delivery
Declan Brian McConville was born with shoulder dystocia (impacted shoulders) after vacuum-assisted delivery at Royal Darwin Hospital on 31 August 2007. He was stuck in the birth canal for approximately 15 minutes …
2y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and intracranial haemorrhage complicating obstr…
…foetal tachycardia and reduced variability on CTG monitoring. After failed attempts at vacuum and forceps delivery in the birthing room, an urgent category-one caesarean section was performed. The infant was born in poor…
0y · Male·hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia and haemorrhage with uterine rupture in a …
…rine pneumonia, haemorrhage and uterine rupture following prolonged rupture of membranes during a planned vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). The mother attended hospital with ruptured membranes at 38+6 weeks gestatio…
0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by multiple factors including lung abnor…
…eic episode during transfer, and undiagnosed bilateral tension pneumothoraces. The mother attempted VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) after an earlier planned elective caesarean was not completed when the patient pre…
0y · Male·Complications of birth-related traumatic head injury
…ge from complications of birth-related traumatic head injury. Labour was prolonged in the second stage; instrumental delivery was attempted but abandoned due to a deeply impacted fetal head. Emergency caesarean section w…
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to intrapartum asphyxia
…y. The coroner found the death was preventable if foetal heart rate abnormalities had been recognised and delivery expedited earlier, likely between 11:56 PM and 12:06 AM. Key clinical lessons: (1) CTG monitoring must be…
32y · Female·Sepsis due to pyelonephritis of the right kidney due to acute and chronic cystit…
A 32-year-old Vietnamese-speaking woman died from sepsis due to pyelonephritis following premature discharge from hospital onto a midwifery support program. Multiple missed diagnostic opportunities occurred: difficulty p…
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