10 results for “maternal shock”
Female·Sepsis in the setting of a lotus birth
…ays of age. She had been delivered with lotus birth (cord left attached to placenta) and vaginal seeding (maternal vaginal fluid applied to baby) despite obstetric counselling against these practices. Her mother's GBS st…
<1y · Male·Perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia and subsequent multi-organ failure
Sebastian Hewitt, born at 36 weeks gestation following maternal ante-partum haemorrhage and abnormal CTG traces, died from perinatal asphyxia leading to cerebral anoxia …
31y · Female·Post-partum Haemorrhage associated with Amniotic Fluid Embolism and Uterine Hypo…
…no Medical Emergency Team (MET) was called despite clear clinical triggers. The deceased deteriorated into shock and was transferred to KEMH then emergently to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, where she arrested and could…
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 Emergency Department on 20 October with severe pain, tachycardia (125 bpm), and …
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…
<1y · Female·subgaleal haematoma complicating an obstructed labour
Vanessa Li, a term infant born following obstructed labour, died at four days of age from subgaleal haemorrhage (SGH) with severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Labour was managed by private obstetrician Dr K., who wa…
1y · Female·acute on chronic respiratory failure
… the need for direct communication between ambulance and ED staff; the importance of recognising disguised shock in children who compensate well; and paramedic training in paediatric IV insertion. The coroner commended …
25y · Female·ruptured splenic artery aneurysm with haemorrhage and internal blood loss
…ned bleeding followed by stability is characteristic and should not provide false reassurance; (5) lack of shock, guarding, or rigidity does not exclude serious intra-abdominal bleeding; (6) a previous similar death at …
36y · Female·Haemorrhage complicating elective caesarean section (placenta praevia accreta)
Ms. Thi Lu, aged 36, died from massive hemorrhage following caesarean section for placenta praevia with underlying placenta accreta. Although imaging could not definitively exclude accreta preoperatively, high-risk prepa…
34y · Female·Catastrophic post-partum haemorrhage following caesarean delivery, secondary to …
…nt arrested, requiring hysterectomy and ICU admission. She developed multi-organ failure with irreversible shock and died. Key clinical lessons: ensure clear communication between surgical and anaesthetic teams during o…
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