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(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCT(S): 010000857-G7 NEUTRAL E1 LINER 36MM E-6592218; 192008-ECHO POR FMRL NC 8X120MM-083280; 12-115120-CER BIOLOXD MOD HD 36MM-2986013. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034 - 2020 - 01072, 0001825034 - 2020 - 01073. THE HUMAN BODY CONSISTS OF 4-5 LITERS OF BLOOD. ANY TYPE OF BLOOD LOSS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A COMPLICATION HOWEVER; IT IS USUALLY THE LARGE, RAPID BLOOD LOSS DURING SURGERY OR A TRAUMA THAT WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE COMPLICATIONS. THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS THAT MAY LEAD TO INTRA AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON AND COMORBIDITIES, SUCH AS BODY MASS INDEX, GENDER, LOW PRE-OPERATIVE HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS, MEDICATIONS AND/OR THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS SUCH AS ANEMIA, HEMOPHILIA, ETC., AS WELL AS DURATION OF SURGERY. AS BLOOD LOSS EFFECTS ARE BASED ON INDIVIDUAL FACTORS, TREATMENT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS, HOW QUICKLY IT WAS LOST AND THE INDIVIDUALS HEALTH STATE. FOR LARGER BLOOD LOSS, A BLOOD TRANSFUSION OR ALTERNATIVE MAY BE NEEDED. HEMORRHAGE IS CLASSIFIED INTO 4 CATEGORIES 1-4. CLASS I HEMORRHAGE - MINIMAL BLOOD LOSS 750ML IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE LARGER IMPACT AND THEREFORE THE POTENTIAL FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTION, I.E. BLOOD TRANSFUSION, OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT. AS THE COMPLAINT INDICATES INTRAOP BLOOD LOSS GREATER THAN 750 ML, THE PATIENT HAD DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE POSTOP BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA AND WAS SYMPTOMATIC, MEDICAL INTERVENTION OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION (1 UNIT PRBCS) WAS ADMINISTERED, AND THE PATIENT'S HOSPITALIZATION WAS EXTENDED; THEREFORE, COMPLAINT CATEGORIES OF MEDICAL: BLOOD LOSS AND MEDICAL: PROCEDURE RELATED WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. REMAINS IMPLANTED.