Post-mortem caesarean section 20 minutes after cardiac arrest with neurologically normal baby at 15 months

This case study is of a 29-year-old woman unbooked Nigerian gravida 3 para 2þ 0 A1, at term rushed into the labour ward with a history of sudden loss of consciousness and difficulty in breathing for about 15minutes. She complained of malaise shortly before she slumped into unconsciousness. She had no known chronic medical condition and was not on any illicit drugs. Though unbooked, she was on fersolate and folic acid, being a health care provider and owner of a patent medicine store. Her last two pregnancies, like the index pregnancy, was 40,5/7.

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