DIFFUSE PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE COMPLICATING THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage has rarely been reported as a complicatio n of thrombolytic therapy. Recently, two patients who developed this c omplication were observed at our institution. This diagnosis should be considered in any post-thrombolytic patient with respiratory distress , diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and an otherwise unexplained fall in hemoglobin.