A report was received on (b)(6) 2023 from the home therapy nurse (htn) of a 36 year old male patient with a medical history including type ii diabetes, hypertension and end stage renal disease, who stated the patient missed multiple hemodialysis treatments or elected to discard circuits of blood without troubleshooting alarms and was hospitalized on (b)(6) 2023.Additional information was received on (b)(6) 2023 from the htn, who stated the patient experienced weakness and attended the emergency department (ed) for evaluation.Ed evaluation revealed the patient had acute on chronic anemia (hgb 6.5g/dl) and was admitted to hospital where two units of packed red blood cells were given.The patient was discharged in stable condition on (b)(6) 2023 and has resumed treatment with the nxstage system.
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