inforMED
InjuryFII

MDR event

Received Mar 14, 2008

Report 9616240-2008-00015 · MDR key 1014977

Device

Product problems

  • Normal
  • Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)

Patient

Not reported

  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Death
  • Respiratory arrest
  • Resuscitation
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Diaphoresis
  • Loss Of Pulse
  • Hospitalization required

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

FACILITY NURSE MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE PT'S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS RESPIRATORY ARREST SECONDARY TO SEVERE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF). FOLLOWING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION BY THE FACILITY AND BASED ON PHYSICIAN INFO AVAILABLE, THERE IS NO REASON TO SUSPECT THAT A GAMBRO PRODUCT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PT'S DEATH, AS THIS PT WAS GRAVELY ILL PRIOR TO THIS EVENT.