It was reported that the patient was hospitalized due to feeling sick and having a few seizures, which were not alleged to be related to the patient's vns.The patient was intubated and experienced cardiac arrest while in the emergency department.The patient was then transferred to the icu, and a brain mri was scheduled.It was later reported that the patient was placed on life support on (b)(6) 2016 and was deemed brain dead.The patient passed away on (b)(6) 2016, and the device was not explanted.Attempts for further information were unsuccessful to date.
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The death summary from the patient's hospitalization was provided.The patient presented at the emergency room after he had a seizure, administered ativan, and was taken to the hospital by emergency medical services.The patient had a history of seizure disorders and developmental delay.The patient also had a urinary tract infection.The initial assessment upon the patient's arrival was encephalopathy postanoxic, postictal cardiac arrest, pulseless electrical activity (pea), postanoxic myoclonus, status epilepticus, acute respiratory failure, and elevated hepatic enzymes.The patient was given antiepileptic medications while in the hospital.The patient also had evidence of kidney injury, and the assessment was acute kidney injury, metabolic acidosis, and anemia.The patient was in the icu, and the assessment was that the patient had respiratory to cardiac arrest, secondary to seizure and ativan administration.A chest x-ray revealed a left lower lobe infiltrate and presumptive pneumonia.Subsequent to this, the patient remained in an anoxic state and ventilator dependent.An mri was performed, which was consistent with anoxic brain injury.The patient's family and physicians decided to remove the patient from life support, and the patient passed away due to respiratory failure secondary to anoxic encephalopathy.
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