How an Innovative Technology Detected Life-Threatening Complication During Patient’s Delivery

Philanthropically funded PeriGen Vigilance, a sophisticated fetal monitoring system, alerted Hoag’s labor and delivery team to a rare and potentially life-threatening obstetric complication during routine labor. Preview the article below, and read the full story at hoaghospitalfoundation.org.

“Call the OR. We need to get this baby out now.”

Michelle Wood will never forget the words spoken by her OB-GYN, Dr. Vinita Speir. Michelle had been resting during what began as routine labor when suddenly members of Hoag’s labor and delivery team rushed into her hospital room. “It was very scary,” Michelle said. “I was sobbing while they wheeled me down the hall to the operating room for an emergency cesarean section.” By the time they got there, Michelle was shaking uncontrollably. The mom-to-be’s blood pressure was dropping while her baby’s heart rate plummeted and remained dangerously low. Michelle later learned she had suffered an amniotic fluid embolism, an extremely rare and life-threatening obstetric complication.

When seconds mattered, Hoag’s labor and delivery team intervened just in time. They were alerted to the sudden change in Michelle’s condition by PeriGen Vigilance, a sophisticated maternal fetal monitoring system made possible by a philanthropic investment from Hoag Innovators, a group of philanthropists advancing health care innovation.

Read the Full Article