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· -Patients with significant hemoptysis should be offered radiotherapy as it is clinically appropriate.
· - Most treatments usually involve antibiotics.
· -Laser therapy if it relates too bronchial artery embolization.
· - Iced saline applied to the affected area.
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How do you get hemoptysis?
from squirrels
What is the difference between hematemesis and hemoptysis?
hematemesis : blood in vomitting or feces hemoptysis : blood in sputum
What are the main causes for hemoptysis?
Hemoptysis is when someone is couching up blood or blood stained mucus. There are several things that can cause this. Some of the more common causes are pneumonia, bronchitis, or a pulmonary embolism.
What is recurrent hemoptysis?
Hemoptysis is coughing up blood, and recurrent means that it happens repeatedly. So a person with recurrent hemoptysis has had more than one episode where they are coughing up blood.
Is hemoptysis known as a nosebleed?
no
What is the bronchial hemorrhage?
hemoptysis
How serious is massive hemoptysis?
Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening emergency that requires treatment in an intensive care unit.
What is the mortality rate for massive hemoptysis?
The prognosis depends on the underlying cause. In cases of massive hemoptysis, the mortality rate is about 15%.
What is blood in the sputum called?
hemoptysis
What is massive hemoptysis?
Massive hemoptysis is defined as 200-600 mL of blood coughed up within a period of 24 hours or less.
What is coughing up bloodstained is known as?
Hemoptysis
What is the expectoration of blood from the respiratory tract called?
hemoptysis
