Information received a smiths medical pump caused malfunction.Reported per medwatach : remodulin order, per the patient, she is in the hospital and has been for 2 days.I am not sure why, patient was very difficult to understand.Patient also mentioned one of her pumps is not working.She does not know what the error message was nor does she know the serial number.No harm to the patient; pump is not in use and not the cause of the hospitalization - it was not working before then.Patient is still reported in the hospital.Back up pump was available but not in use do to the patient hospitalized and reported seizure.Medication remodulin mdv.Strength: 5mg/ml.Dose or amount: 13.3ng/kg/min.Frequency: continuous.Route: subcutaneous.Dates of use: from (b)(6) 2019 to current.Diagnosis or reason for use: pah.This event may have been caused from malfunction of the pump, as when pulmonary arterial hypertension not controlled, may contribute to hypoxia as the pulmonary arteries would become constricted leading to hypoxia, which in turn may lead to seizure.No further information provided other then was revealed on the medwatch form.
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