Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage secondary to superwarfarin ingestion

Chest. 1992 Oct;102(4):1301-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.102.4.1301.

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman with severe vitamin K deficiency presented with hemoptysis and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. She rapidly developed respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support. Surreptitious ingestion of brodifacoum, a long-acting warfarin derivative, was ultimately found to be the cause of her coagulopathy and DAH.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 4-Hydroxycoumarins / poisoning*
  • Adult
  • Factitious Disorders / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Poisoning / diagnosis
  • Poisoning / therapy
  • Rodenticides / poisoning*

Substances

  • 4-Hydroxycoumarins
  • Rodenticides
  • bromfenacoum