Professional paper

Haemoptysis

Irena Perić ; Klinički bolnički centar Split, Klinika za plućne bolesti; Medicinski fakultet Split
Igor Barišić ; Klinički centar Split, Klinički zavod za dijagnostičku i intervencijsku radiologiju
Ivančica Pavličević ; Medicinski fakultet Split
Josipa Kokeza ; Klinički bolnički centar Zadar, Klinika za plućne bolesti
Gorana Trgo ; Klinički bolnički centar Split, Klinika za interne bolesti; Medicinski fakultet Split

Abstract

Haemoptysis is coughing blood or bloody sputum. The bleeding point could be the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lung parenchyma. Blood coughing requires immediate examination by a pulmology specialist and provided care. During the year 2010 at emergency reception of the Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases of Split Clinical Hospital Centre, 123 patients with haemoptysis were examined. Fifty patients were hospitalized and their cases were evaluated. Haemoptysis appeared more often in elderly men during May. Standard chest radiography was performed in 80 percent of the hospitalized patients. Systolic arterial blood pressure values equal or higher than 180 mmHg were measured in five patients.
Microbiological analysis showed normal findings in 83.3 percent of cases. The cause of the bleeding was seen during bronchoscopy in 57 percent of the patients. Pneumonia with 31% and lung cancer with 15% were the leading causes of haemoptysis, while other causes were sporadic.

Keywords

haemoptysis, diagnostic approach; haemoptysis etiology

Hrčak ID:

95487

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/95487

Publication date:

28.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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