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Updated: May 14 2016

Hemoptysis

Introduction
  • Bleeding into the bronchial tree
  • Causes include:
    • Bronchitis (50%)
    • Tumor mass (20%)
    • TB (8%)
    • Immune mediated pulmonary-renal syndromes (e.g. Wegner's granulomatosis with polyangitis, Goodpastures anti-GBM Ab, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome)  
  • Massive hemoptysis defined as > 600cc / 24hr
Presentation
  • Hemoptysis
Evaluation
  • CXR 
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Bronchial A gram
Treatment
  • Moderate: Laser treatement
  • Massive
    • intubation of unaffected side
    • Fogarty occlusion of bleeding bronchus
    • Bronchial Angio gram with/without embolization
    • surgical resection of affected lung if refractory
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