BACKGROUND Bronchial artery embolisation (BAE) becomes a mainstay in the treatment of hemoptysis. OBJECTIVE To characterise patients with hemoptysis undergoing bronchial artery angiography (BAA) for embolisation, evaluating outcomes. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated patients with acute severe or chronic recurrent hemoptysis admitted to the Pulmonology department and submitted to BAA for...

Although the differential diagnosis of hemoptysis is extensive, consideration of a factitious cause is rarely contemplated. Factitious hemoptysis is uncommon in children. We report a dramatic case of factitious hemoptysis in a 12-year-old girl. The features of Munchausen's syndrome are also reviewed.

BACKGROUND Hemoptysis is uncommon in pediatric practice. We reviewed 10 years of experience with hemoptysis in a tertiary pediatric hospital to identify patient characteristics and predictors of mortality. METHODS Patients were divided into four age groups (0 to 5, 6 to 10, 11 to 20, and >20 years). Hemoptysis was defined as mild (<150 mL/day), large (150 to 400 mL/day), or massive (>400 mL/d...

OBJECTIVES Hemoptysis, an important and alarming symptom, often indicates serious disease. This study was designed to assess the different causes of hemoptysis, the relative importance of the different diagnostic modalities employed, and the outcome in an Israeli population cohort. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of 208 patients with hemoptysis at the Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES The management of life-threatening hemoptysis frequently poses a therapeutic dilemma because such patients are often poor surgical risks. Less often, patients refuse surgical intervention. The value of percutaneous embolotherapy, a useful alternative in these situations, was assessed. DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS, INTERVENTIONS Sixteen consecutive patients who underwent percutan...

background: hemoptysis occurs due to either pulmonary diseases or bronchoscopy interventions. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of the endobronchial instillation of adrenaline with that of tranexamic acid. methods: fifty patients were randomly selected as 2 double-blinded sample groups (n=25). in these patients, bleeding could not be controlled with cold saline lavage dur...