Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT WITH SEVER ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE RECEIVED 48 HOURS OF UF AT 200 ML/HR. PT WAS REMOVED FROM MACHINE AND THREE HOURS LATER THE PHYSICIAN ORDER ANOTHER TREATMENT OF UF, APPROX. 5,000 ML OF UF WAS REMOVED DURING THE FIRST TREATMENT. A NEW CIRCUIT WAS PRIMED AND THE PT WAS TREATED AT A UF RATE BETWEEN 150-200 ML/HR FOR ANOTHER 22 HOURS. SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETING THEIR HYGIENIC ACTIVITY, THE PT WANTED TO LIE DOWN IN BED. THE PT STARTED TO TWITCH AND WENT INTO A PULSELESS VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIO. CPR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PT WAS RANDOMIZED TO ULTRAFILTRATION AS PER THE COMPANY CLINICAL TRIAL UNLOAD PROTOCOL, WITH UF TREATMENT BEGINNING ON 4/2005 WITH ULTRAFILTRATION SUBSEQUENTLY CONTINUED BETWEEN 100-250 ML/HR. ULTRAFILTRATION WAS PRESCRIBED ON THE BASIS OF PERSISTENT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VOLUME OVERLOAD AND CONGESTION FOR 48 HOURS WITH REMOVAL OF 7.25L OF ULTRAFILTRATE. 3 DAYS LATER A CLINICAL EXAMINATION THEN DOCUMENTS IMPROVEMENT OF BOTH SYMPTOMS AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. UF WAS DISCONTINUED FOR 3 HOURS. A NEW CIRCUIT WAS PRIMED AND THE UF WAS CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 22 HOURS ITH REMOVAL OF 2.84L OF ULTRAFILTRATE.