Unomedical reference number (b)(4).Event occurred in the united states it was reported that the patient faced a bent cannula due to which he experienced high blood glucose level.Therefore, they tried to treat it with fluids/insulin as he thought that he had a heart attack, but six months ago on (b)(6) 2023 (approximately), the patient first went to the emergency room and was subsequently hospitalized due to high blood glucose level.His highest blood glucose level was 600 mg/dl.Moreover, the infusion had been used for one day and the site location was his abdomen.During hospitalization, the patient received fluids of saline, insulin, unspecified medication (drug name unknown) intravenously and sugar water (to help keeping his blood glucose level falling fast) as corrective treatment which resolved the issue.On (b)(6) 2023 (approximately), the patient was released from the hospital with no permanent damage.Unomedical do not see bent/kinking as being related to human factors, but rather as a training issue including correct choices of insertion sites and infusion sets and cannula length.Furthermore, the soft cannula is a flexible material that during use and upon removal can bend slightly.No further information was available.
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