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Chapter 7 - Medical Disorders of Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2022

By
Kara Dent
Edited by
Swati Jha  and
Eloise Power
Swati Jha
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Eloise Power
Affiliation:
Sergeants’ Inn, London
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Summary

The claimant suffered irreversible hypoxic neurological damage five days postnatally and it was claimed this was a consequence of a cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). It was claimed that the CVT occurred due to incorrect information regarding the mode of delivery and that she should have been advised against a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean section (CS) and also due to lack of consistent heparin postnatally which caused or contributed to the CVT.

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Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving Clinical Practice
 , pp. 83 - 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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