{"id":1483,"date":"2014-04-25T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2014-04-25T06:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T12:29:12","slug":"vaginal-birth-cesarean-section-vbac-uterine-scar-rupture-4-million-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/vaginal-birth-cesarean-section-vbac-uterine-scar-rupture-4-million-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section (VBAC); Uterine Scar Rupture- $4 Million Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A 34-year-old patient, Sally Arbogast, underwent a vaginal delivery but experienced sharp abdominal pain and moderate bleeding right afterward.<span>\u00a0 She<\/span> had delivered her last child by a Cesarean section. The obstetrician who cared for her performed a manual exploration and curettage procedure to rule out uterine scar rupture and later diagnosed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uterine_atony\">uterine atony<\/a> &#8212; a loss of tone in the muscles in the uterus.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>It has been noted that 90% of all postpartum bleedings are associated with uterine atony, which is the failure of the uterine muscles to contract normally after the baby and placenta are delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For an hour and a half, Arbogast remained <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/low-blood-pressure\/basics\/definition\/CON-20032298\">hypotensive <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tachycardia\">tachycardic<\/a>. Her blood work showed lower hemoglobin and hematocrit levels compared to before the baby was born.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">While the doctors were looking into the patient\u2019s hypotension, she coded.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>After resuscitation measures and a blood transfusion, Arbogast received multiple units of packed blood cells and fresh frozen plasma over the next five hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/vaginal-birth-cesarean-section-vbac-uterine-scar-rupture-4-million-jury-verdict\/#more-1483\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 34-year-old patient, Sally Arbogast, underwent a vaginal delivery but experienced sharp abdominal pain and moderate bleeding right afterward.\u00a0 She had delivered her last child by a Cesarean section. 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