A Case Report of Anesthesia-induced Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Presenting to the Emergency Department

Authors

Daniel Yiu
Christopher Stephens
Jacquelyn McCullough
Lesley Osborn

Language

English

Publication Date

11-1-2023

Journal

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

DOI

10.5811/cpcem.1381

PMID

38353189

PMCID

PMC10855281

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

10-18-2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

Introduction: The inhaled anesthetic sevoflurane is an uncommon etiology of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH). As DAH typically presents in the inpatient, postoperative setting, it has been infrequently reported in the anesthesiology literature and, to our knowledge, has not been reported in the emergency medicine literature to date.

Case report: We describe the presentation of a young, healthy male in respiratory distress to a busy urban emergency department (ED) after an outpatient surgical procedure. We highlight the etiology of post-anesthesia DAH and the acute management of this rare diagnosis in the ED.

Conclusion: With outpatient surgical centers becoming an increasingly popular option for lower risk procedures, emergency physicians would benefit from understanding this presentation and its pathophysiology.

Keywords

diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, respiratory distress, anesthesia, critical care

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Yiu, Daniel; Stephens, Christopher; McCullough, Jacquelyn; et al., "A Case Report of Anesthesia-induced Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Presenting to the Emergency Department" (2023). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 2035.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/2035