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Home » FDA Reports Thousands of Deaths, Injuries from Philips Respironics Device Breakdowns in Past Year
FDA Reports Thousands of Deaths, Injuries from Philips Respironics Device Breakdowns in Past Year
In a recently promised update on medical device reports (MDR) associated with suspected foam breakdown in certain Philips Respironics devices, the FDA reports it received more than 21,000 MDRs, including 124 reports of deaths, from April 2021 through April 2022. Some of the injuries noted by the FDA include cancer, pneumonia, asthma, other respiratory problems, infection, headache, cough, difficulty breathing, dizziness, nodules and chest pain.