Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2016, PATIENT CONTACTED IMPLANTING MD AND COMPLAINED OF WEAKNESS AND RETCHING, BUT DENIED VOMITING. PATIENT DENIED GREEN/BLUE URINE. ON (B)(6) 2016, PATIENT REPORTED HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH SOLID FOODS, BUT WAS ABLE TO TOLERATE PROTEIN SHAKES AND YOGURT. PATIENT ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD NO VOICE SINCE THE PROCEDURE. PATIENT WAS ADVISED TO STAY ON LIQUIDS OVER THE WEEKEND AND VISIT MD'S OFFICE FOR FOLLOW UP THE NEXT WEEK. THE PATIENT WAS ADVISED THAT IF SHE BEGAN VOMITING TO CALL MD'S OFFICE AND GO TO ER. ON (B)(6) 2016, MD WAS ABLE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH PATIENT. PER MD, SHE WAS VERY WEAK AND HAD DIFFICULTY AMBULATING AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. MD ADVISED HER TO CALL 911 AND GO TO ER FOR EVALUATION. ON (B)(6) 2016, PATIENT WENT TO ER. PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A BILATERAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND WAS ANTICOAGULATED WITH HEPARIN. ON (B)(6) 2016, PATIENT WAS REPORTED STABLE AND PLACED ON HEPARIN DRIP, AND THAT PATIENT WOULD BE ADVANCING TO ORAL ANTI-COAGULATION THE NEXT DAY. ON (B)(6) 2016, PATIENT HAD BALLOON REMOVED BY IMPLANTING PHYSICIAN. BALLOON WAS REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2016 AND NO FURTHER SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED.