19 results for “maternal sepsis”
<1y · Female·Group B Streptococcus meningitis and sepsis
An 18-day-old baby died from late-onset Group B Streptococcus (GBS) meningitis and sepsis. She was born at a regional private hospital after labour complicated by maternal fever (37.6°C), foetal t…
26y · Female·sepsis
Michaela Perrin, 26, died from sepsis arising from a post-caesarean wound infection caused by MRSA on 22 October 2014. She presented to the Emer…
Female·Sepsis in the setting of a lotus birth
A premature female neonate born at 36+5 weeks via emergency caesarean section developed sepsis and died at 2 days of age. She had been delivered with lotus birth (cord left attached to placenta) and va…
21y · Female·Multiple organ failure as a result of overwhelming Streptococcus pyogenes (Group…
Sara Hampel, 21 years old, died from sepsis caused by necrotising fasciitis (Group A Streptococcus) on 14 October 2011, presenting 8 days post-partum …
<1y · Male·Escherichia Coli sepsis in a low birth weight infant
Noah Sheekey, a small-for-gestational-age neonate, died of E. coli sepsis at 3 days old, one day after discharge from hospital. Although his initial condition was reassuring, he wa…
<1y · Female·Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV 1)
An 11-day-old neonate died from disseminated HSV-1 infection acquired perinatally. She presented with sepsis-like symptoms including lethargy, poor feeding, fever and respiratory signs. Clinical management was appro…
<1y · Female·respiratory failure due to congenital pneumonia with hyaline membrane disease ca…
…station, died from respiratory failure due to congenial pneumonia caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. The maternal high vaginal swab taken one week before delivery was positive for streptococcus pneumoniae but this criti…
<1y · Male·Pneumonia (early-onset, caused by Group B Streptococcus)
…ically the lack of in-person paediatric review before commencing phototherapy and incomplete awareness of maternal anti-E antibodies—these omissions were unlikely to have prevented death given the rapid progression of GB…
<1y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to intra-partum event and E. coli sepsis, s…
… weeks. She died 9 hours 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 del…
<1y · Female·OEIS Complex (Omphalocoele, Exstrophy of Cloaca, Imperforate Anus, Spinal Defect…
…th life—the large abdominal wall defect caused lethal fluid losses, renal failure, intestinal failure, and sepsis risk. Surgical repair was deemed impossible due to defect size, and even if feasible would not achieve con…
1y · Female·Complex congenital heart disease (operated) and sepsis
…pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aorta-pulmonary collateral arteries), died from sepsis following cardiac surgery. She was born in March 2010 and underwent emergency cardiac surgery in February …
<1y · Female·Sepsis
Baby Lily Irwin died of sepsis caused by ascending bacterial infection (Staphylococcus aureus) that developed after spontaneous rupture o…
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. Multip…
2y · Male·multiorgan failure in a boy with clinically suspected sepsis and Cockayne syndro…
…syndrome (a rare life-limiting genetic condition) died from multiorgan failure due to clinically suspected sepsis following hospitalisation for acute illness with vomiting, lethargy and poor oral intake. He was admitted …
<1y · 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 · 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…
<1y · Male·Unascertained
A 10-week-old boy born at 35 weeks gestation was found asleep on his mother's chest while she was asleep on a couch and died from an unascertained cause. Post-mortem toxicology detected methamphetamine and cannabis; the …
<1y · Female·Intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from fa…
… intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from a fall, complicated by Group B Streptococcal sepsis. A nurse fell while carrying the newborn to another resuscitation table after the primary table lacked a c…
<1y · Female·Complications of ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) in the sett…
…t 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 during PPROM admission…
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