FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SHIRLEY CUFFED TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE

MDR report key: 54973 · Received December 10, 1996

Report

Report Number
2029387-1996-00160
Event Type
Death
Date Received
December 10, 1996
Date of Event
October 23, 1996
Report Date
November 20, 1996
Manufacturer
MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL INC
Product Code
BTO
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED VIA RECEIPT OF UF MEDWATCH REPORT 0113-96-0006 THAT INFLATION COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED ON ONE SIZE 8, CUFFED TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE, MODEL TYPE UNK. PT CODED AND SUBSEQUENT MED INTERVENTION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PT EXPIRED. PT, DIAGNOSED WITH ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WAS ADMITTED TO FACILITY IN CRITICAL CONDITION ON 10/10/96. PT'S CONDITION DETERIORATED AND ON 10/21/96 A TRACHEOTOMY PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED WHERE PT WAS INTUBATED WITH A CUFFED TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE. IT IS UNK IF THE DEVICE WAS TESTED PRIOR TO INSERTION BUT THERE WAS NO REPORTED PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVICE PERFORMANCE DURING THE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE STATED EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SHIRLEY CUFFED TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE Implant TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE BTO MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL INC UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR Death NASAL GASTRIC TUBE (MODEL/MFG. UNK)| PURITAN BENNITT 7200