At the time of this occurrence, we had never encountered this complication following ILE administration at our institution and were not familiar with similar reports in the literature. We recently published a case report on a 30-year-old patient who developed an acute upper extremity DVT following ILE therapy for wide complex tachycardia and hypotension following an ingestion of diphenhydramine. Another potential but less reported complication of ILE therapy may be deep venous thrombosis (DVT).
They report pancreatitis and adult respiratory distress syndrome following the administration of ILE. We read with much interest Levine et al.’s retrospective review of complications associated with the administration of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy as a treatment for drug toxicity.
