Massive hemoptysis
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Massive Hemoptysis
Hemoptysis is the expectoration of gross blood or blood-streaked sputum. Hemoptysis is classified as massive or nonmassive based on the rate of bleeding. Expectoration of less than 100 mL of blood in a 24-hour period is considered nonmassive hemoptysis. The definition of massive hemoptysis varies widely in the literature, ranging between 100 and 600 mL of blood in a 24-hour period; however, the...
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fascinating. However, the authors take an especially important next step by developing a simple model for predicting in-hospital mortality for patients presenting with hemoptysis. The model developed by Fartoukh et al. [6] is an important step forward from our current approach to defining massive hemoptysis which is based only on the volume of blood expectorated. This model is multimodal, is co...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)38908-1