FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PEGJ

MDR report key: 7120633 · Received December 14, 2017

Report

Report Number
MW5073975
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 14, 2017
Date of Event
November 30, 2017
Report Date
December 13, 2017
Manufacturer
ABBVIE INC.
Product Code
KNT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED TO START DUOPA. SHE UNDERWENT SUCCESSFUL ENDOSCOPIC PLACEMENT OF AN ABBVIE PEG-J ON (B)(6) WITHOUT COMPLICATION. SHE PRESENTED TO THE ED ON (B)(6) WITH FEVERS AND ABDOMINAL PAIN AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN SEPTIC SHOCK. IMAGING REVEALED A HEPATIC ABSCESS WHICH WAS DRAINED. CULTURE WAS MULTIMICROBIAL. BLOOD CULTURES REVEALED BACTEREMIA WITH STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS. PATIENT WENT INTO AFIB WITH RVR, WHICH WAS TREATED AND SHE RETURNED TO NSR. J TUBE WAS FOUND TO BE BLOCKED. KEOFEED WAS PLACED WHICH RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT EPISTAXIS REQUIRING INTUBATION FOR AIRWAY PROTECTION. ADDITIONALLY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE, PATIENT WAS NOT GIVEN HER REQUIRED PARKINSON'S MEDICATIONS FOR 6 DAYS. PATIENT CONTINUES TO BE INPATIENT. PLAN IS TO REMOVE GJ TUBE ONCE SHE IS MEDICALLY STABLE AND ONCE TRACT MATURES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
899260 PEGJ PEGJ IN PREPARATION FOR DUOPA KNT ABBVIE INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Hospitalization| L