Open AccessDiagnosis and Management Update of Hemoptysis
Author(s) -
Rahman Mk,
Md. Harun-Or Rashid,
M Shamim Khan,
H Tarik,
Mmh Chowdhury,
М. А. Алим,
Iftekhar Mahmood,
Arms Ekram
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
taj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8854
pISSN - 1019-8555
DOI - 10.3329/taj.v22i2.37754
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , pulmonary arterial pressure , cardiology , fuse (electrical) , blood volume , blood loss , volume (thermodynamics) , radiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , engineering
Hemoptysis is defined as the spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of pulmonary or ' bronchial hemorrhage1. Hemoptysis is classified as non-massive or massive based on the volume of blood loss; however, there are no uniform definitions for these categories. In this article, hemoptysis is considered non-massive if blood loss is less than 200 ml per day. The lungs receive blood from the pulmonary and bronchial arterial systems. The low-pressure pulmonary system tends to produce small-volume hemoptysis, whereas bleeding from the bronchial system, which is at systemic pressure, tends to be pro fuse.TAJ 2009; 22(1): 324-329