FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DIALYZER

MDR report key: 11788 · Received March 1, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1000907
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 1, 1994
Date of Event
January 26, 1994
Report Date
January 26, 1994
Manufacturer
CGH MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
FJI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DIALYZE THE PT IN THE MICU. (SEE 1000906 FOR FIRST INCIDENT.) DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT A DIALYZER SENSITIVITY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, A PAN (POLYACRILONITRIL) DIALYZER WAS SET UP; THE DIALYZER WAS HYPERRINSED WITH 3 LITERS OF NORMAL SALINE. PT HAD BEEN EXTUBATED IN THE MORNING. RESPIRATIONS STILL APPEARED SOMEWHAT LABORED WITH PT USING ACCESSORY CHEST MUSCLES FOR BREATHING, BILATERAL RALES HEARD BUT WITH AIR MOVEMENT AND PT APPEARED COMFORTABLE. DIALYSIS WAS INITIATED AND APPROX 15 MINS AFTER INITIATION OF TREATMENT, THE PT BECAME RESTLESS, BREATHING BECAME VERY LABORED AND OXYGEN SATURATION DROPPED TO 80%. TREATMENT WAS DISCONTINUED, BLOOD WAS NOT RETURNED. BENADRYL, EPINEPHRINE, SOLUMEDROL GIVEN. ICU TEAM CALLED AND PT REINTUBATED. PT CONSCIOUS. (ALSO SEE 1000905 AND 1000906.)

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DIALYZER FJI CGH MEDICAL, INC. FILTRAL 12 9130905

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 YR