FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

PALL HIGH EFFICIENCY LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION FILTER FOR PLATELET

MDR report key: 300451 · Received October 16, 2000

Report

Report Number
2647898-2000-00016
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 16, 2000
Date of Event
July 27, 2000
Report Date
August 14, 2000
Manufacturer
PALL BIOMEDICAL INC.
Product Code
CAK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT REC'D A PLATELET CONCENTRATE TRANSFUSION USING THE DEVICE AND DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA 10 MINUTES AFTER THE START OF THE TRANSFUSION. THE PT'S CONSCIOUSNESS BECAME CLOUDED; BLOOD PRESSURE BECAME IMPALPABLE, WITH A HEART RATE OF 80 BPM. THE TRANSFUSION WAS DISCONTINUED AND A DIAGNOSIS OF ANAPHYLAXIS WAS MADE; HYDROCORTISONE, ATROPINE AND FAMOTIDINE (ANTIHISTAMINE) WERE GIVEN, AND THE PT WAS INTUBATED. THE PT'S HEART RATE FELL TO 50 BPM, AND EPINEPHRINE WAS GIVEN SUBCUTANEOUSLY. WITHIN AN HOUR, CONSCIOUSNESS WAS RECOVERED, SPONTANEOUS BREATHING RESUMED, AND THE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WAS REMOVED. A HEAD CT SHOWED NO ABNORMALITY. A COMPLETE RECOVERY WAS MADE; NO PT SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PALL HIGH EFFICIENCY LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION FILTER FOR PLATELET LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION FILTER FOR PLATELET TRANSFUSION CAK PALL BIOMEDICAL INC. PXL8V2 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Life Threatening| R