Dextran 40: another cause of drug-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Drug-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurred in a previously patient receiving dextran 40. Dextran 40 should be considered another etiologic factor of drug-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema when this syndrome occurs in the absence of known precipitating causes such as shock, aspiration, and overwhelming pneumonia.
D000328:Adult; D003911:Dextrans / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010689:Phlebitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced*
D003911:Dextrans