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Massive hemoptysis due to broncholithiasis
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1991Massive hemoptysis due to broncholithiasis is rare. Such a case is presented here, and the literature is reviewed. Surgical resection is the preferred definitive therapy, as a lack of bronchial artery collaterals limits the utility of bronchial artery embolization.
T R, McLean, A C, Beall, J W, Jones
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Massive Hemoptysis in a Woman with Seizures
Hospital Practice, 1997A 53-year-old woman presented with a productive cough, fever, chills, and night sweats of one month's duration. She reported having had lightly blood-streaked sputum initially but then experiencing massive hemoptysis (> 200 mL/2 hr). Since the onset of symptoms, she had had malaise, body aches, and a 27-lb weight loss.
Harold M. Adelman +6 more
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Operative Treatment of Massive Hemoptysis
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1974Abstract Fifty-five pulmonary resections have been performed at our institution for hemoptysis of 600 ml. or more in 24 hours. The overall mortality was 18% as compared with more than 75% in patients who bled 600 ml. or more in 16 hours and 54% in patients who bled 600 ml. or more in 48 hours, all of whom were managed conservatively.
A, Gourin, A A, Garzon
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Massive hemoptysis in cystic fibrosis
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1970Massive hemoptysis is occurring with increasing frequency in older patients with cystic fibrosis; it signifies a poor prognosis. Twenty-nine episodes occurring in 19 patients are analyzed. Thirteen of the 19 patients died within 6 months of the initial episode. No single aspect of the pulmonary treatment program has been incriminated.
D S, Holsclaw, R J, Grand, H, Shwachman
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Management of Massive Hemoptysis
Revue de pneumologie clinique, 2012Massive hemoptysis is a serious and potentially fatal complication of a variety of medical conditions. Respiratory distress, hypoxemic respiratory failure, and asphyxiation can ensue if hemoptysis volume exceeds the capacity of the patient to clear their central conducting airways.
S, Renaud +3 more
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ROLE OF BRONCHOSCOPY IN MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1999Massive hemoptysis accounts for a minority of all patients with hemoptysis but poses a major challenge for the acute and long-term treatment. Massive hemoptysis can lead to asphyxiation and airway obstruction, shock, and exsanguination. Bronchoscopy plays an integral part in managing massive hemoptysis in diagnosis and treatment (Table 5). Specifically,
R A, Dweik, J K, Stoller
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Massive Hemoptysis in a Patient With Sarcoidosis
Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, 2009A 39-year-old African American man presented with massive hemoptysis. He was known to have a history of type III sarcoidosis and a chest x-ray consistent with aspergilloma. Bronchoscopy was performed within 48 hours from the onset of the patient's symptoms revealing generalized heme in both the left and right main bronchi.
Danira H, Mayes +2 more
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Surgery in Massive Hemoptysis.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1968Excerpt Massive hemoptysis, greater than 600 ml in 48 hr, 11 is associated with a high mortality (54%). Sixty-seven patients with this degree of pulmonary hemorrhage were studied.
John A. Crocco +2 more
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