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.