Catalog Number 12220 |
Device Problems
Patient-Device Incompatibility (2682); Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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Patient Problems
Cardiac Arrest (1762); Cardiomyopathy (1764)
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Event Date 06/28/2019 |
Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation: per the customer,the patient received two tpe procedures on the (b)(6) 2019 in the icu using albumin 4% as replacement fluid without any adverse event.Per the rn, multiple spectra optia devices and disposable sets were used over the course of the patient's treatments.Per attending physician ,the cardiac arrest was "absolutely not" related to the tpe procedures but rather the underlying diagnosis and comorbidities including cardiac myopathy.Investigation is in process.A follow-up report will be provided.
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Event Description
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The customer reported that a myositis patient having signal recognition particle (srp)antibodies causing severe necrotising myopathy experienced a 'cardiac arrest' in icu two days after undergoing the therapeutic plasma exchange (tpe) procedure on spectra optia in intensive care unit (icu).Per the rn,the patient was 'stabilized' as a result of the resuscitation efforts taken following the cardiac arrest and 'stayed' in the icu.Per the customer on (b)(6) 2019, the tpe procedure was reinstituted on the patient and (b)(6) 2019, the patient underwent the last procedure without any adverse event.There were no adverse events noted (e.G transfusion reaction, citrate toxicity etc) during any of the procedures as per the nursing staff.Per last available information the patient stayed in icu.Patient identifier (id), gender and weight information are not available at this time.The tpe set is not available for return because it was discarded by the customer.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being filed to provide in investigation: a review of the device history record (dhr) for this unit showed no irregularitiesduring manufacturing that were relevant to this issue.Investigation is in process.A follow up report will be provided.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being filed to provide additional information in h.6 and h.10.Root cause: based on the information provided by the attending physician, the root cause ofthe patient's cardiac arrest was due to patient physiology.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being filed to provide updated information in g.1 and g.2.Investigation is in process.A follow-up report will be provided.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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