16 results for “neonatal hypertension”
0y · Female·Methylamphetamine toxicity
…severe acidosis was consistent with methylamphetamine toxicity-induced cardiac dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension. Resuscitation was attempted but unsuccessful. The clinical team could not have prevented this death as…
0y · Female·Persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn (PPHN)
Summer Jamsek was born at 4pm on 4 April 2010 with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) and died 5 April 2010 at Royal Children's Hospital. The coroner found Baby Summer…
0y · Female·ischaemic hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to factors associated with the sudden…
Manusiu Amone died from ischaemic hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), not from pethidine toxicity as initially suspected. At 145 minutes of life, she …
0y · Female·Hypoxic episode, probably caused by cord entanglement during delivery
… antenatal care despite risk factors including previous caesarean section, family diabetes history, and hypertension. Labor lasted approximately 24 hours. Autopsy and expert testimony indicated death from acute hypoxia c…
0y · Male·meconium aspiration syndrome complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension
Baby C was born at 41 weeks and 2 days covered in thick meconium with respiratory distress. Key clinical failures included: (1) failure to respond to mother's request for induction at term+6 days; (2) failure to investig…
0y · Male·Scimitar syndrome
…r with bilateral complications including pulmonary hypoplasia, venous obstruction, and severe pulmonary hypertension. The infant received intensive care at Princess Margaret Hospital including cardiac catheterisation and…
0y · Female·Hypoxia resulting from primary idiopathic pulmonary hypertension of the newborn …
Jasmine Chiang died at 7 hours of age from primary idiopathic pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), probably complicated by pulmonary haemorrhage. She presented with classic PPHN s…
2y · Male·Hyaline membrane disease and pneumonia in the setting of pneumothorax
…equiring intubation, ventilation, and NICU admission. Bilateral pneumothoraces and persistent pulmonary hypertension were identified and managed. Surfactant was administered at 2:05pm on day 2, but at a suboptimal dose (…
1y · Female·Pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure secondary to total anomalous pulm…
…ous pulmonary venous drainage, pulmonary vein stenosis, and septal defects, died at home from pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure. She had undergone cardiac surgery within the first day of life and required in…
8y · Male·prematurity-associated lung and bowel disease
Daniel Wright was a premature infant (born at 24 weeks) with multiple complex medical needs including chronic lung disease, developmental delay, and failure to thrive. He died aged eight months from prematurity-associate…
0y · Male·complications of extreme prematurity in the setting of precipitant premature bre…
Jordan was born at 25 weeks 4 days gestation in an emergency department following precipitant breech labour with a circumvallate placenta. He received appropriate initial resuscitation but was administered 10 times the p…
0y · Male·Complications of VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma
Baby E was a 7-month-old neonate with VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma who died from complications of these conditions. He was born prematurely at 30 weeks, requiring intubation and ventilation, and remained in…
0y · Male·Trisomy 21 with complex cardiac anomalies complicated by pulmonary hypertension,…
Baby G, born with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) and complex cardiac anomalies, died at Royal Darwin Hospital on 18 March 2023 aged 6 months. The coroner found that non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) should have been offer…
Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), otherwise undetermined
Two infants died suddenly and unexpectedly. The first child died at home at 3 months of age in an unsafe sleeping environment with multiple soft items in her cot; the second died in temporary care at 19 days of age. Both…
4y · Female·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy attributed to intrapartum asphyxia secondary to…
Aurora Sleep died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy caused by uterine rupture during labour induction with prostaglandin gel. Her mother had a perforated uterus from a D&C procedure 9 months earlier. The coroner foun…
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…
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