Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema after charcoal hemoperfusion.
Hemoperfusion over cellulose-coated activated charcoal was used to treat a patient with severe doxepin overdose. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NCPE) developed temporally in relation to the procedure. In this case, NCPE may have been from complement activation by the cellulose-coated charcoal column.
D002606:Charcoal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003167:Complement Activation; D004316:Doxepin / Q000506:poisoning; D006464:Hemoperfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011859:Radiography
D002606:Charcoal; D004316:Doxepin