Information was received indicating that a smiths medical catheters were involved in the following situation: a patient underwent 2 catheters, the first was placed subclavium in the surgery room and when the patient was taken to the hemodialysis room, it was bent and had no post-placement flow.Because of the condition of the patient, an attempt was made to place a femoral catheter, and the doctor reports that after insertion, the guide broke.The patient was given several punctures but the catheter never gave flow.Because of the complexity of the patient, they had to be removed from the unit to stabilize.After this the patient died that same day and they could not dialyze her."obviously the death of said patient was due to various complications that she had".
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