title: [Emergency lung resection in patients with massive hemoptysis].
abstract: Emergency lung resection was done in 32 patients with massive hemoptysis. The morbidity and mortality rates were 18.75% and 6.25% respectively. Problems about how to find the focus of hemoptysis, when to perform the operation, how to select anaesthesia, operative techniques and limits of lung resection were discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital, Hubei Medical College, Wuhang.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D015996:Survival Rate