A report was received on 05 apr 2020 from a critical care nurse regarding a male critical care patient (age not specified), with significant comorbidities including five vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery on (b)(6) 2020, emphysema, fatty liver, type ii diabetes and hypertension who coded and subsequently expired shortly after pausing therapy to adjust prescription details during continuous venovenous hemodialysis (cvvhd) on (b)(6) 2020.
Additional information was received on 14 apr 2020 from the nurse stating the patient had an elevated potassium of 6.
6 meq/l at 18:40hrs on (b)(6) 2020 and had been receiving nxstage therapy for approximately 26 hours at the time of the event.
No other treatment, medical intervention details or time and cause of death were provided.
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