Environmental Risk Factors Associated With Pediatric Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage and Hemosiderosis in a Cleveland Community

Abstract

The results of this investigation of a cluster of infants with massive, acute pulmonary hemorrhage and hemosiderosis suggest that the affected infants may have been exposed to contaminants in their homes. Epidemiologic clues, such as water damage in the case infants' homes, suggest that environmental risk factors may contribute to pulmonary hemorrhage.