FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ABBVIE J

MDR report key: 8254683 · Received January 16, 2019

Report

Report Number
3010757606-2019-00034
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 16, 2019
Date of Event
December 30, 2018
Report Date
December 30, 2018
Manufacturer
ABBVIE - MEDICAL DEVICE CENTER
Product Code
KNT
PMA / PMN Number
K142816
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REFERENCE RECORD (B)(4). THE DEVICE MANUFACTURER AND LOT NUMBER OF THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT PROVIDED. THEREFORE, IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DEVICE INVOLVED WAS ABBVIE BRANDED TUBING. CONSERVATIVELY, ABBVIE HAS CHOSEN TO REPORT THIS COMPLAINT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL THAT THE DEVICE INVOLVED COULD HAVE BEEN ABBVIE BRANDED TUBING. THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WAS NOT RETURNED AND WAS DISCARDED; THEREFORE, A RETURN SAMPLE EVALUATION IS UNABLE TO BE PERFORMED. ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION OF A PEG- J TUBE PLACEMENT. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED OR OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2016, A PATIENT IN (B)(6) UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG) TUBE WITH JEJUNAL (PEG-J) TUBE. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT HAD A J-TUBE REPLACEMENT DUE TO A J-TUBE DISLOCATION AND WAS DISCHARGED THE SAME DAY. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR PNEUMONIA. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT DIED DUE TO PNEUMONIA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
46768 ABBVIE J TUBES, GASTROINTESTINAL (AND ACCESSORIES) KNT ABBVIE - MEDICAL DEVICE CENTER

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Death| H FREKA PEG TUBE, LOT # 32191186