FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PERCOR STAT DL 9.5 FR. 40 CC IAB

MDR report key: 63633 · Received January 17, 1997

Report

Report Number
2248146-1997-00005
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 17, 1997
Date of Event
December 20, 1996
Report Date
January 3, 1997
Manufacturer
DATASCOPE CORP.
Product Code
DSP
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DC, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REQUESTED INFO INDICATED BY "UNK" WAS EITHER NOT SUPPLIED OR NOT KNOWN BY THE CONTACT EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THIS FOLLOW-UP MDR WAS MAILED TO THE FDA ON: 07/08/1997. EVALUATION SUMMARY: EVALUATION: UNDERWATER LEAK TESTING DISCLOSED A LEAK IN THE MEMBRANE. UNDER MICROSCOPY A PENETRATION WAS SEEN WITHIN A WHITISH PATCH. THE PATCH, WHEN STAINED, EXHIBITED THE TYPICAL APPEARANCE OF AN ABRASION MARK. PROBABLE CAUSE OF DIFFICULTY: THE RAGGED EDGED PENETRATION LOCATED WITHIN AN ABRASION MARK IS TYPICAL OF THAT PRODUCED BY CALCIFIED PLAQUE DURING IABP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE IAB WAS INSERTED INTO THE PT ON 12/20/96. AFTER IAB FOR 8 HRS, THE IAB LEAKED. THE PUMP ALARMED AND BLOOD WAS NOTED IN THE TUBING (THE PT WAS VERY BALLOON DEPENDENT). THE PT IMMEDIATELY BECAME HYPOTENSIVE AND MINS LATER, ARRESTED. THE PT WAS RESUSCITATED. A 2ND IAB WAS INSERTED INTO THE PT. AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT, THE PT'S BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED AND THE PT WENT ON TO EXPIRE, DESPITE AGGRESSIVE MEDICAL THERAPY, WITH THE SECOND IAB IN PLACE APPROX 3 HRS LATER. THIS IAB DID NOT MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EVENT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PT'S DEATH. EVENT COMPLICATIONS: HYPOTENSION/EXPIRED-REPORTED 1/3/97. PT'S CURRENT STATUS: EXPIRED-RPT'D 1/3 & 1/7/97.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCOR STAT DL 9.5 FR. 40 CC IAB INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON CATHETER DSP DATASCOPE CORP. 0684-00-0283 11/15/98

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Death