Pulmonary Hemorrhage Syndrome as a Manifestation of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Analysis of 10 Cases
Abstract
Pulmonary hemorrhage occurred in seven patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and was produced in three monkeys when an experimental model for DIC was used. The principal manifestation of the syndrome was either the chief complaint for which patients entered the hospital, appeared with other coexisting complications of DIC, or occurred just prior to death. The onset of dyspnea, tachypnea, hemoptysis, rales, and a diffuse infiltrate by chest radiograph were usually interpreted as infectious processes; as a result therapy for DIC was withheld and the patients' conditions worsened. Pulmonary hemorrhage was the immediate cause of death in almost all patients.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0745110
Entities
People
- Harry Lopas
- John W. Minna
- Norman I. Birndorf
- Robert W. Colman
- Stanley J. Robboy
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Laboratory