FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CORFLO NASOGASTRIC NASOINTESTINAL PEDIATRIC FEEDING TUBE WITH STYLET WITH ENFIT

MDR report key: 14371236 · Received May 12, 2022

Report

Report Number
14371236
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 12, 2022
Date of Event
February 19, 2022
Report Date
April 28, 2022
Manufacturer
AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
KNT
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PATIENT HAD NASOGASTRIC TUBE (NGT). NOTED TO HAVE EPISODES OF NGT BEING CLOGGED, EVENTUALLY FLUSHED/CLEARED WITH SODA. HE VOMITED THE TUBE OUT AROUND DAY +4; PER PARENTS REPORT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIP OF THE NGT SEEMED FLAYED AT THE END. HE HAS HAD SUBSEQUENT NGTS. APPROXIMATELY 12 DAYS LATER, HE HAD A X-RAY TAKEN FOR PLACEMENT OF ANOTHER NGT. RADIOLOGY REPORT COMMENTED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE A PART OF A TUBE THAT MAYBE EXTERNAL TO THE PATIENT. FOLLOW-UP X-RAY CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD A PIECE OF NGT IN HIS SMALL INTESTINES. THE PATIENT HIMSELF HAS HAD ABOUT 48 HOURS OF STRAINING AND SEEMING UNCOMFORTABLE WITH STOOLING. APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS LATER , THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A COLONOSCOPY WITH GI, WHERE PROVIDERS WERE UNABLE TO RETRIEVE THE OBJECT FROM THE PATIENT'S SMALL INTESTINE. THE PIECE WAS EXTRACTED IN THE OR VIA LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
956094 CORFLO NASOGASTRIC NASOINTESTINAL PEDIATRIC FEEDING TUBE WITH STYLET WITH ENFIT TUBES, GASTROINTESTINAL (AND ACCESSORIES) KNT AVANOS MEDICAL, INC. 40-8366

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 365 DA Male Other| H| R