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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Due to Uncontrolled Warfarin Therapy: Case Report

Tülin AKAGÜN¹, Erdal GÜNGÖR¹, Elif AKDOĞAN², Yılmaz BÜLBÜL³, Mehmet SÖNMEZ<sup>2

1</sup>Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, TRABZON
²Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Hematoloji Bilim Dalı, TRABZON
³Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, TRABZON

Keywords: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, Warfarin

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Warfarin; one of the most common oral anticoagülant drug is used for treatment of thromboembolic events and also for prevention of thromboembolic complications in atrial fibrillation and other cardiovascular diseases. The most important adverse effect is hemorrhage. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare complication of warfarin dependent hemorrhages. Nevertheless, it is a life-threatening disease if the treatment was not started as soon as possible. Our case represents DAH as a complication of uncontrolled warfarin therapy. We aimed to overview the diagnosis and treatment choices of DAH.

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