FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

THERASPHERE 20 GBQ

MDR report key: 319766 · Received March 6, 2001

Report

Report Number
8022247-2001-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 6, 2001
Date of Event
September 24, 2000
Report Date
March 1, 2001
Manufacturer
MDS NORDION, INC.
Product Code
KXK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 9-00, THE PT HAD SYMPTOMS OF DIFFUSE ABDOMINAL PAIN, FEVER, CHILLS, NIGHT SWEATS & VOMITING. PT WAS ADMITTED 09-00. PHYSICAL EXAM REVEALED: DIFFUSELY TENDER LIVER, ASCITES & HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY. CT-ABDOMEN SHOWED BLOODLY ASCITES AND A POSSIBLE AREA OF LIVER NECROSIS. PT WAS PLACED ON ZOSYN FOR PRESUMED PERITONITIS. TWO DAYS LATER, THE ANTIBIOTICS WERE SWITCHED TO AFTRIAXONE & VANCOMYCIN. THE PT RECEIVED IV MORPHINE FOR THE ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE PT'S PAIN DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THIS MEDICATION. THEN PT'S PAIN IMPROVED AND PT WAS DISCHARGED 6 DAYS LATER ON PERCOCET PRN AND OXYCODONE FOR PAIN CONTROL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
9510 THERASPHERE 20 GBQ RADIOACTIVE GLASS MICROSPHERES KXK MDS NORDION, INC. * 990003

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 36 YR Hospitalization