RT Book, Section
A1 Brady, Anna K.
A1 Kritek, Patricia A.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1155943037
T1 Hemoptysis
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155943037
RD 2024/04/25
AB Hemoptysis  is  the  expectoration  of  blood  from  the  respiratory  tract.  The  first  step  in  evaluation  is  to  ascertain  whether  the  bleeding  is  coming  from  the  respiratory  tree  or  instead  originating  from  the  nasal  cavities  (i.e.,  epistaxis)  or  the  gastrointestinal  tract  (i.e.,  hematemesis)  as  the  therapies  for  these  etiologies  will  be  significantly  different.  Once  established  as  hemoptysis,  the  exact  nature  of  the  expectoration  is  important  as  the  term  can  be  applied  to  blood-tinged  phlegm,  the  pink  frothy  sputum  of  pulmonary  edema,  or  frank  blood.  Next  steps  include  identifying  the  source  and  etiology  of  bleeding.