Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism associated with excessive nitrous oxide consumption over several weeks
International Journal of Legal Medicine August 12, 2026 Stefanie Plenzig, Friederike Pijahn, Alexander Müller et al.
Abstract A man in his early twenties had been hospitalized due to acute nitrous oxide intoxication, during which a vitamin B12 deficiency and anaemia were also diagnosed. Two weeks later he was found dead in his apartment. Twenty empty nitrous oxide cartridges were found next to the body, and according to his mother, he had been using nitrous oxide excessively for approximately two months. The...