• Chest · Mar 1980

    Case Reports

    Pulmonary embolism during mannitol therapy.

    • G S Robinson and W H Wiese.
    • Chest. 1980 Mar 1; 77 (3): 432-33.

    AbstractA 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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