Fill volume: 171 mg, flow rate: 2 mg/hr for 2 days, procedure: left inguinal herniorrhaphy, cathplace: surgical wound.Halyard received a single report that referenced three different incidents, which were associated with separate units, involving three different patients.This is the third of three reports.Refer to 2026095--2016-00224 for the second patient.It was reported that a clinical manager discovered an article titled ¿bupivacaine drug-induced liver injury: a case series and brief review of the literature." journal of clinical anesthesia (2016) 32, 137¿141.Patient 3 received general anesthesia for sedation, and was injected with 15 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine intraoperatively.The onq pump was put in at the surgical site, and contained 0.5% bupivacaine and infused medication at 2 mg/hr for 2 days.Total dosage received was 171 mg.The patient was discharge without complications.5 days after the surgery, the patient developed fevers, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, arthralgias, and myalgias.The patient's fevers resolved, but continued to have nausea and vomiting.The patient also had dark urine and acholic stools.The patient went to his primary care physician 20 days after the surgery for evaluation.The patient was treated and down-trending test results were observed.Liver function enzymes and bilirubin normalized within 1 month.
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