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Re: Forwarded article from timesunion.com From: Lynn Montgomery (apgar10@thebirthcentermt.com) Mon Sep 17 09:54:28 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: "Nerve Entrapment"" Previous message: Lynn Montgomery: ""Nerve Entrapment"" In reply to: gin11153@aol.com: "Forwarded article from timesunion.com" Next in thread: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Forwarded article from timesunion.com" Reply: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Forwarded article from timesunion.com" I am sure we all have seen or participated in cases with an equally tragic outcome. This case brings to mind a case that occurred while I was in fellowship in Houston in '95. The parents were both attorneys. The patient was in labor with her third and the pregnancy had been uneventful. My fellowship classmate was following her in labor - an excellent and knowledgeable practitioner. At 8 cm, the patient looked at the labor nurse and said that something was wrong. Immediately, she had what appeared to be seizure activity, then asystole. The attending physician immediately summoned assistance, CPR was started and she was taken to the OR for delivery. She was briefly resuscitated, but died shortly after in the ICU. The husband (an attorney), immediately left the room without mourning the loss what-so-ever and summoned his entire law firm to the hospital. He yelled that all the records needed to remain untouched and stationed his partners at all the various stations where his wife had received care, "to assure nothing is tampered with". He demanded an immediate autopsy and refused to allow any pathologist who had any ties to the hospital or academic program to participate in the post. The post ultimately confirmed amniotic fluid embolus and nothing came of the case. The truly tragic aspect of the case was that the other two children were in the hospital and left unattended during the legal posturing being orchestrated by their father, with nobody to comfort them during the fray and console them on the loss of their mother. Priorities! Lynn -- Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine The Birth Center/Rocky Mountain Women's Health 1211 S. Reserve St. Missoula, Montana, 59801 406-549-0978 fax 406-549-0987 e-mail: apgar10@thebirthcentermt.com -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of gin11153@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 1:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Forwarded article from timesunion.com Hello: The following article was sent to you from timesunion.com by Gail Neuman (gin11153@aol.com). What a tragedy! ------------------------------------------------ A moment of joy dissolves into tears of sorrow ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ Family and friends mourn mother who died after giving birth to second child by: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff writer ROTTERDAM -- On Monday, 6-year-old Louie McCabe was at the hospital by his pregnant mother's side, elated about becoming a big brother.<p>On Saturday, the boy will join family members as they bury his mother. To read the rest of the article, go to: http://timesunion.com/ss.asp?s=620338&c=REGIONOTHER&b=LOCAL To visit the site's homepage, go to http://timesunion.com Next message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: "Nerve Entrapment"" Previous message: Lynn Montgomery: ""Nerve Entrapment"" In reply to: gin11153@aol.com: "Forwarded article from timesunion.com" Next in thread: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Forwarded article from timesunion.com" Reply: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Forwarded article from timesunion.com"

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