An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy

An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy

Alveolar hemorrhage is a rare yet devastating clinical entity if not identified and treated aggressively. Exceedingly rare are the cases of anticoagulant-induced alveolar hemorrhage with very few cases described in the current literature. The nonspecific presentation of an alveolar hemorrhage makes...

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Main Authors: Katrina D’Amore, David Traficante, Terrance McGovern, Marco Propersi, Stacey Barnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-10-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4kx9w7h4
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spelling doaj-cc7849e5fd134b89ba21df423082b8d42020-11-24T22:18:49ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaClinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine2474-252X2017-10-011410.5811/cpcem.2017.7.34462cpcem-01-337An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic TherapyKatrina D’AmoreDavid TraficanteTerrance McGovernMarco PropersiStacey BarnesAlveolar hemorrhage is a rare yet devastating clinical entity if not identified and treated aggressively. Exceedingly rare are the cases of anticoagulant-induced alveolar hemorrhage with very few cases described in the current literature. The nonspecific presentation of an alveolar hemorrhage makes its diagnosis and appropriate treatment difficult in the emergency department. We report a case of a patient on warfarin for atrial fibrillation who was initially misdiagnosed as having community-acquired pneumonia, but subsequently was identified to have a fatal alveolar hemorrhage.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4kx9w7h4
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author Katrina D’Amore
David Traficante
Terrance McGovern
Marco Propersi
Stacey Barnes
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David Traficante
Terrance McGovern
Marco Propersi
Stacey Barnes
An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
author_facet Katrina D’Amore
David Traficante
Terrance McGovern
Marco Propersi
Stacey Barnes
author_sort Katrina D’Amore
title An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy
title_short An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy
title_full An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy
title_fullStr An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy
title_full_unstemmed An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy
title_sort unusual consolidation: lobar pulmonary hemorrhage due to antithrombotic therapy
publisher eScholarship Publishing, University of California
series Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
issn 2474-252X
publishDate 2017-10-01
description Alveolar hemorrhage is a rare yet devastating clinical entity if not identified and treated aggressively. Exceedingly rare are the cases of anticoagulant-induced alveolar hemorrhage with very few cases described in the current literature. The nonspecific presentation of an alveolar hemorrhage makes its diagnosis and appropriate treatment difficult in the emergency department. We report a case of a patient on warfarin for atrial fibrillation who was initially misdiagnosed as having community-acquired pneumonia, but subsequently was identified to have a fatal alveolar hemorrhage.
url https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4kx9w7h4
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