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Systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by diffuse alveolar haemorrhage: risk
factors, therapy and survival
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Kazzaz NM
; Coit P
; Lewis EE
; McCune WJ
; Sawalha AH
; Knight JS
Lupus Sci Med
2015[]; 2
(1
): e000117
PMID26430514
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OBJECTIVES: While diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) is recognised as a
life-threatening complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), little is
known about its risk factors and response to treatment. We describe 22 cases of
DAH in a US lupus cohort of approximately 1000 patients, and compare them to 66
controls from the same outpatient cohort. METHODS: We captured variables
pertaining to diagnoses of SLE and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), and
analysed them by univariate testing. Those variables with p values <0.05 were
then further considered in a multivariate model. Kaplan-Meier curves were
constructed for each group, and survival was analysed by Log-rank test. RESULTS:
Of the 22 patients with DAH, 59% were diagnosed with DAH within 5?years of lupus
diagnosis. By univariate testing, several manifestations of SLE and APS were more
common in patients with DAH, including history of thrombocytopenia, cardiac valve
disease, low C3, leucopenia, neuropsychiatric features, haemolysis, arterial
thrombosis, lupus anticoagulant, secondary APS and low C4. On multivariate
analysis, history of thrombocytopenia and low C3 were maintained as independent
risk factors. Importantly, only two patients had platelet counts <50?000/µL at
the time of the DAH episode, arguing that DAH was not simply a haemorrhagic
complication of thrombocytopenia. All patients were treated with increased
immunosuppression, including various combinations of corticosteroids,
plasmapheresis, cyclophosphamide, rituximab and mycophenolate mofetil. Notably,
all patients in the cohort survived their initial episode of DAH. While the
patients with DAH did well in the short-term, their long-term survival was
significantly worse than controls. Several of the deaths were attributable to
thrombotic complications after recovering from DAH. CONCLUSIONS: To the best of
our knowledge, this is the largest case-control study of lupus DAH to date.
History of thrombocytopenia was strongly predictive of DAH (OR ?40). A number of
APS manifestations correlated with DAH by univariate analysis, and deserve
further consideration in larger studies.