Sevoflurane Induced Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a young patient. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Austin, Adam; Modi, Aakash; Judson, Marc A.; Chopra, Amit
• Is Part Of: Respiratory medicine case reports. Volume 20(2017)
• Page Start: 14
• Page End: 15
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Inhaled anesthetics -- Pulmonary hemorrhage -- Acute respiratory distress; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory System -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.11.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2213-0071

Abstract

Abstract: We report a very rare case of Sevoflurane Induced Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a previously healthy young adult in the post-operative period following general anesthesia. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) associated with inhalation injury from halogenated gases is a unique entity in the literature that practicing clinicians should be cognizant of and considered in post-operative cases of acute respiratory distress whereby other etiologies have been excluded.