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Hemoptysis (coughing Up Blood)?
Hemoptysis =s coughing up blood. Massive is > 500cc/24h or > 100ml/h. Ability to tolerate also affected by underlying pulm dz, amount of airway and alveolar filling & comorbidities.
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Hemoptysis (coughing up blood)?
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Symptom or Condition
Upper Airway Causes
Lower Airway/Parenchymal Causes
Vascular Causes
Other Diagnoses
Contribution from primary bleeding disorder or meds that affect coaguation (heparin, warfarin, asa, etc)
Bleeding from GI source → mouth, esophagus, stomach w/aspirated blood coughed up and/or vomiting mistaken as hemoptysis
Severe HF - assoc w/very elevated LVEDP, eg w/mitral stenosis