Doctors need more training in delivering breech babies

The single and most avoidable factor in causing stillbirths and deaths among breech babies is suboptimal care given in labour, according to the seventh annual Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI).

In cases where the cardiotocograph was available for review, there was clinical evidence of hypoxia in all but one case before delivery, and delays in staff response to fetal compromise occurred in nearly three quarters of cases. …