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Chest, Vol 77, 432-433, Copyright © 1980 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Pulmonary embolism during mannitol therapy

GS Robinson and WH Wiese

A 25-year-old paraplegic woman suffered cardiopulmonary arrest due to a major pulmonary embolism during intravenous mannitol therapy. Although it is possible that the mannitol caused an acute episode of hemagglutination, we postulate that rapid administration of mannitol caused dilation of her venous system, causing a preexisting clot to break loose.




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