The MedMal Room: The Unmonitored Oxytocin Drip

Labor induction continued despite tachysytole and abnormal fetal tracing, leading to uterine rupture and fetal death.

Labor induction is defined as the initiation of uterine contractions before spontaneous labor for the purpose of delivery while labor stimulation is increasing contraction in the presence of labor already establshed.

In this case we examine a severely adverse outcome: a labor induction with Oxytocin that was continued despite clear signs of tachystole …