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Upper Airway Obstruction as a Complication of Oral Anticoagulation TherapyReport of Three Cases
Lewis Rosenbaum, MD;
Peter Thurman, MD;
Sanford B. Krantz, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1979;139(10):1151-1153.
Abstract
While taking orally administered anticoagulants, three patients had hemorrhages into their retropharyngeal and submandibular spaces, suffering eventual acute airway obstruction. One of the patients died. Despite the life-threatening nature of this complication of anticoagulant therapy, the diagnosis was obscure and initially veiled in complaints of sore throat or hoarseness, suggesting infection. Thorough investigation of such complaints is necessary in patients receiving anticoagulation therapy. If a hematoma is discovered, the patient should be admitted to the hospital for close observation and prompt reversal of anticoagulation with plasma. Intubation or tracheostomy also may be required.
(Arch Intern Med 139:1151-1153, 1979)
Author Affiliations
From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 10, 1979.
Reprint requests to Hematology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, 1310 24th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203 (Dr Krantz).
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