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Chapter 8 - Fetal Growth Restriction and Unexplained Stillbirth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2022

By
Emma Ferriman
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, a 38-year-old, suffered a stillbirth while under the care of the defendant trust. She claimed that it was negligent in failing to recognise that the baby was not growing normally and in failing to carry out a growth scan in spite of hospital attendances for reduced fetal movements and. Had this been performed it would have been identified that there was reduced liquor and the baby was small and a delivery expedited earlier preventing the still birth. She claimed for damages on the grounds of suffering psychiatric injury and also suffered a loss of self-confidence and was unable to return to work.

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Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving Clinical Practice
 , pp. 95 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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