It was reported that less than ten minutes into treatment, the patient lost consciousness.The patient started to desaturate into the low 80s, the heart rate rose into the 120s, while the blood pressure appeared to remain stable.Attempts made to wake the patient were unsuccessful and the patient remained unresponsive.The blood was rinsed back.It took the patient approximately five minutes to regain consciousness after the event occurred.The patient was placed back on a ventilator to help with oxygenation and his heart rate stabilized.It was reported that the patient is morbidly obese and very ill.The patient has a tunneled dialysis catheter in his chest; has a tracheostomy and was tachypneic prior to the dialysis treatment as he is recovering from acute respiratory failure and being on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo).The patient had been on continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt) prior to this treatment.The patient was reported to be asymptomatic upon regaining consciousness (other than baseline tachypnea).The treating physician does not believe that the event was device related, rather, it was related to the patient's pre-existing conditions.
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