FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MINICAP TRANSFER SET

MDR report key: 2964342 · Received February 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
1416980-2013-03989
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 15, 2013
Report Date
January 17, 2013
Manufacturer
BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME
Product Code
KDJ
PMA / PMN Number
K882498
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE ONSET OF THE PERITONITIS IS UNKNOWN. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A FOLLOW UP MDR WILL BE SENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS IS A REPORT OF A HOME PATIENT (HP) WHO HAD EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN AND WAS HOSPITALIZED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH PERITONITIS MANIFESTED BY PURULENT MATTER IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. UNSPECIFIED IV ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY WAS STARTED. THE HP WAS NOT RESPONDING TO IV TREATMENT AND EXPLORATORY SURGERY WAS PERFORMED. THE SURGERY REVEALED POCKETS OF PURULENT MATTER IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. TREATMENT RENDERED WAS NOT REPORTED. THE HP DIED OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI) AND SEPSIS DUE TO PERITONITIS. IT WAS NOT REPORTED IF AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED. THE CAUSE OF PERITONITIS WAS UNKNOWN, ALTHOUGH THE NURSE BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. THE HP WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME DEALING WITH THE RECENT DEATH OF HIS WIFE, WHICH LEAD TO THE DETERIORATION IN HIS OWN SELF CARE, INCLUDING SKIPPING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TREATMENTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
66598 MINICAP TRANSFER SET SET, ADMINISTRATION, FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, DISPOSABLE KDJ BAXTER HEALTHCARE - MOUNTAIN HOME

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Death| H| R DIANEAL PD4 AMBUFLEX, EXTRANEAL