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.