Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema during intrabiliary infusion of mono-octanoin

Crit Care Med. 1986 Jul;14(7):659-60. doi: 10.1097/00003246-198607000-00017.

Abstract

Mono-octanoin (glycerol-1-mono-octanoate) is a medium-chain diglyceride used to dissolve gallstones. We describe a patient in whom noncardiogenic pulmonary edema developed during intrabiliary infusion of monooctanoin. The temporal sequence suggests that the drug infusion initiated the lung injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bile Duct Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Bile Duct Diseases / drug therapy
  • Caprylates
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholelithiasis / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Glycerides / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Edema / chemically induced*
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Caprylates
  • Glycerides
  • monooctanoin