FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ABBOTT

MDR report key: 8842495 · Received July 24, 2019

Report

Report Number
8842495
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 24, 2019
Date of Event
July 18, 2019
Report Date
July 23, 2019
Manufacturer
ABBOTT
Product Code
DSQ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

HM3 IMPLANT (B)(6) 2019 AND ASCENDING AORTA REPLACEMENT. PT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR BLEEDING LATER THAT EVENING. THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE WAS WOKEN UP AND FOLLOWED ALL COMMANDS PRIOR TO EXTUBATION. AFTER EXTUBATION, HE HAD A SUDDEN CHANGE IN NEURO STATUS. PT WAS REINTUBATED AND TAKEN TO CT SCAN. ALTHOUGH NOTHING WAS SEEN INITIALLY ON SCANS, SUBSEQUENT SCANS SHOWED INFARCT IN THE RIGHT CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERES, RIGHT TEMPORAL LOBE AS WELL AS A RIGHT PARIETOOCCIPITAL REGION. THIS RESULTED IN LEFT SIDED HEMIPARESIS. NEUROLOGY ADVISED TO RESTART ANTICOAGULATION AND FOLLOW CT SCANS. PT WAS EXTUBATED AGAIN (B)(6) 2019 AND UNFORTUNATELY WAS REINTUBATED (B)(6) 2019. RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR TRACH AND G-TUBE PLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2019, HOWEVER, THE PT'S FAMILY DECIDED THAT THE PT WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE THOSE PROCEDURES DONE. THE PT'S FAMILY ASKED TO WITHDRAW CARE AND MAKE THE PT COMFORTABLE ON (B)(6) 2019. FENTANYL AND ATIVAN WERE GIVEN. LEVOPHED WAS STOPPED. PT WAS EXTUBATED AND THE VAD ARE STOPPED. THE PT EXPIRED AT 12:26 PM ON (B)(6) 2019.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
618628 ABBOTT HEARTMATE 3 DSQ ABBOTT 106523US

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Death