SUBGLOTTIC AIRWAY HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Authors
SADOWITZ D TERNDRUP TE
Citation
D. Sadowitz et Te. Terndrup, SUBGLOTTIC AIRWAY HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA, Annals of emergency medicine, 23(3), 1994, pp. 591-595
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
591 - 595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1994)23:3<591:SAHAWI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A case of subglottic airway hemorrhage in a 6-year-old child with acut e idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is presented. No previous cases have been reported in which idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was as sociated with this life-threatening complication. In this case, strido r responded to racemic epinephrine and oxygen. Emergency physicians an d pediatricians should be aware of this rare complication.