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- Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Recent Trends in Clinical Negligence Claims in England
- Chapter 2 From Complaint to Litigation
- Chapter 3 Being a Medicolegal Expert and Report Writing
- Chapter 4 Consent: Legal and Clinical Implications
- Chapter 5 Prenatal Diagnosis, Screening and Wrongful Birth
- Chapter 6 Obstetric Perineal Trauma
- Chapter 7 Medical Disorders of Pregnancy
- Chapter 8 Fetal Growth Restriction and Unexplained Stillbirth
- Chapter 9 Fetal Monitoring and the Challenges of Identifying the Fetus at Risk of Intrapartum Hypoxia
- Chapter 10 Shoulder Dystocia
- Chapter 11 Obstetric Haemorrhage and Retained Products of Conception
- Chapter 12 Infection and Sepsis in Pregnancy
- Chapter 13 Caesarean Section Including Uterine Rupture and Full Dilatation Caesarean Deliveries
- Chapter 14 Assisted Vaginal Birth
- Chapter 15 Breech Presentation and Delivery
- Chapter 16 Multiple Pregnancy
- Chapter 17 The Cervix: The Nemesis of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Chapter 18 Hysterectomy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- Chapter 19 Endometriosis
- Chapter 20 Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy
- Chapter 21 Ovarian Surgery, Menopause Hormone Therapy and Contraception
- Chapter 22 Incontinence Surgery and Bladder Care
- Chapter 23 Vaginal Prolapse
- Chapter 24 Subfertility and Assisted Conception
- Chapter 25 Gynaecological Precancer
- Chapter 26 Gynaecological Malignancy
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Fetal Monitoring and the Challenges of Identifying the Fetus at Risk of Intrapartum Hypoxia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
- Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Recent Trends in Clinical Negligence Claims in England
- Chapter 2 From Complaint to Litigation
- Chapter 3 Being a Medicolegal Expert and Report Writing
- Chapter 4 Consent: Legal and Clinical Implications
- Chapter 5 Prenatal Diagnosis, Screening and Wrongful Birth
- Chapter 6 Obstetric Perineal Trauma
- Chapter 7 Medical Disorders of Pregnancy
- Chapter 8 Fetal Growth Restriction and Unexplained Stillbirth
- Chapter 9 Fetal Monitoring and the Challenges of Identifying the Fetus at Risk of Intrapartum Hypoxia
- Chapter 10 Shoulder Dystocia
- Chapter 11 Obstetric Haemorrhage and Retained Products of Conception
- Chapter 12 Infection and Sepsis in Pregnancy
- Chapter 13 Caesarean Section Including Uterine Rupture and Full Dilatation Caesarean Deliveries
- Chapter 14 Assisted Vaginal Birth
- Chapter 15 Breech Presentation and Delivery
- Chapter 16 Multiple Pregnancy
- Chapter 17 The Cervix: The Nemesis of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Chapter 18 Hysterectomy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- Chapter 19 Endometriosis
- Chapter 20 Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy
- Chapter 21 Ovarian Surgery, Menopause Hormone Therapy and Contraception
- Chapter 22 Incontinence Surgery and Bladder Care
- Chapter 23 Vaginal Prolapse
- Chapter 24 Subfertility and Assisted Conception
- Chapter 25 Gynaecological Precancer
- Chapter 26 Gynaecological Malignancy
- Index
- References
Summary
The claimant was the second child of his mother who had delivered her first pregnancy by caesarean section (CS). It was claimed that the mother was not adequately counselled about the risk of uterine rupture in the antenatal period, if she opted for a vaginal delivery, and subsequently, when she went into labour, was not informed of the desirability of continuous fetal monitoring or of the risks inherent to intermittent auscultation (IA).
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- Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and GynaecologyImproving Clinical Practice, pp. 114 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022