It was reported that a patient was placed on the cardiohelp with meningitis which created cardiac failure.The initiation of ecls (extracorporeal life support) was successful but there was difficulty maintaining sufficient flow.The initial flows were 1.5 liters/min but soon dropped to 200-400 mls/min at 3000 rpm's.The cannulas appeared to be very small and the patient's volume was deficient.The venous pressures had a very high negative reading while the arterial pressure was normal.The death is attributed to the patient's poor condition and not the device.No device malfunction was reported.(b)(4).Ref mfr report 8010762-2014-00146.
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