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Massive Hemoptysis in Children [PDF]
Rationale. Hemoptysis is a rare but often life-threatening condition in pediatric patients. Massive hemoptysis can easily lead to asphyxia, respiratory failure, shock, and even death.
Juan Yang+5 more
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Diagnosis and management of hemoptysis [PDF]
Hemoptysis is the expectoration of blood that originates from the lower respiratory tract. It is usually a self-limiting event but in fewer than 5% of cases it may be massive, representing a life-threatening condition that warrants urgent investigations ...
Anna Rita Larici,+8 more
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A case of massive hemoptysis caused by immunoglobulin G4-related respiratory disease in adults: case report and review of literature [PDF]
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated chronic fibro-inflammatory condition, that can involve multiple systems. Immunoglobulin G4-related respiratory disease (IgG4-RRD) is relatively rare, with non-specific clinical symptoms ...
Chun-xia Mei+4 more
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Recurrent hemoptysis in a 26-year-old woman with a ground-glass opacity lesion of the lung [PDF]
Hemoptysis is a major reason for emergency department (ED) visits. Catamenial hemoptysis (CH), a rare condition of thoracic endometriosis, can cause recurrent hemoptysis but is difficult to diagnose in the ED due to the scarcity of cases and nonspecific ...
Jong Ha Kim, Sin-Youl Park
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Hemoptysis in Renal Transplant Recipients
Background: Hemoptysis is the expectoration of blood from respiratory system. Clinical entities associated with hemoptysis in renal transplant recipients differ from those causing hemoptysis in common population.
Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou+9 more
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Clinical profile of patients hospitalized with hemoptysis
Introduction: Hemoptysis presents as a primary complaint in 8–15% of chest clinic patients. The etiology of hemoptysis varies among different series according to the time of publication, geographic location, and diagnostic tests employed.
Sushil Kumar Munjal+3 more
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Objective: Massive hemoptysis is one of the most serious complications in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This study aimed to evaluate the hemoptysis-free period following bronchial and non-bronchial artery embolization (BAE/non-BAE) in CF patients ...
Marília Amaral Peixoto da Silveira+4 more
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Management considerations of massive hemoptysis while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) is a life-saving procedure in patients with both respiratory and cardiac failure. Bleeding complications are common since patients must be maintained on anticoagulation.
Cavarocchi, Nicholas C.+5 more
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Background Hemoptysis is very common and can be life threatening in clinical practice for nontuberculous mycobacteria. The serum antibody against the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC-Ab), the majority of nontuberculous mycobacteria species, is well known
Hiroaki Ogata+10 more
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Diffuse pulmonary hemosiderosis after exposure to pesticides - A case report [PDF]
This report describes the clinical, radiological, microscopical and ligandohistochemical findings in a 17-year-old woman who suffered from an acute onset of pulmonary hemosiderosis after inhalation of pesticides used for the cultivation of strawberries ...
Altiner, Mithat+5 more
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