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Assessment and management of haemoptysis
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Vijay Joshi MBBS, MD, Ashis Banerjee FRCS, FCEM
Foundation Years Journal, volume 2, issue 5, p.231 (123Doc Education, London, June 2008)
Abstract
A 56-year-old man attends the emergency department following a history of intermittent haemoptysis over the preceding two weeks. This commenced with streaking of blood, and he coughed up a cupful of fresh blood on the morning of attendance. There was no history of chest pain. He has no systemic symptoms, and is otherwise in good general health. He has been a smoker from the age of 19, currently smoking 10 cigarettes a day. On examination, there are no localising signs in the chest. How would you manage him further?
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Authors
Vijay Joshi MBBS, MD
Registrar in Integrated Medicine
Chase Farm Hospital
Middlesex
Ashis Banerjee FRCS, FCEM (Corresponding author)
Consultant/Honorary Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine
Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
Enfield
Middlesex
libra19542003@yahoo.co.uk
References
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3. Gibson GJ, Geddes DM, Costabel U et al. Haemoptysis. In: Respiratory Medicine. 3rd edition, Vol 1., 2003. Saunders, Edinburgh.
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