Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF IPF AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE. WAS MAINTAINED IN THE ICU INTUBATED, SEDATED AND FULLY SUPPORTED ON A VENTILATOR RECEIVING INHALED NITRIC OXIDE THRU AN INO VENT DELIVERY DEVICE. PT WAS TRANSPORTED FROM ICU TO OR FOR RT. LUNG TRANSPLANT WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHILE PT WAS WAS IN OR RECEIVING NITRIC OXIDE THRU THE INOVENT AND PRIOR TO SURGERY, THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE INOVENT MACHINE. THE PT SUFFERED AN ARREST, CPR WAS INITIATED, PT GIVEN EPINEPHRINE, AND REGAINED HIS BLOOD PRESSURE. THE INOVENT MACHINE WAS CHANGED OUT FOR ANOTHER MACHINE. THE PT WAS EMERGENTLY PLACED ON BYPASS AND THE SURGERY PROCEEDED. POST-OP THE PT WAS SENT BACK TO ICU,UNDERWENT 2 ADDITIONAL SURGERIES, A MEDIASTINAL EXPLORATION AND WASHOUT THE NEXT DAY AND DECANNULATION FROM EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT/REMOVAL OF EXTRACORPOREAL VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE THREE DAYS AFTER EVENT OCCURRED. PT HAD DETERIORATING NEUROLOGICAL STATUS AND WEEKS LATER HAD BRAIN CT. SHOWED MULTIPLE FOCI OF HEMORRHAGE IN THE RT PARIETAL AND RT FRONTAL LOBES AS WELL AS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE IN LEFT FRONTAL AND LEFT PARIETAL LOBES. ALSO A SMALL INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE WAS NOTED. PT'S SURGEON AND PT FAMILY OPTED TO WITHDRAW CARE AND PT EXPIRED.====================== MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR NITRIC OXIDE GAS & DELIVERY SYSTEM, DATEX-OHMEDA======================WILL EVALUATE DEVICE.