title: [Assessment of hemoptysis etiology among patients hospitalized in Pneumonology Departament of Medical University of Gdańsk in the years 1998-2002].
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 3400 clinical records of patients hospitalized in Pneumonology Department of Medical University of Gdańsk between 1998-2002 year was performed. 431 (12,7%) of them was admitted to hospital because of hemoptysis. The cause of hemoptysis was determined in 380 (82,2%) cases. The most common diagnosis was neoplasm--174 cases (40,4%), between them squamous cell carcinoma (47,7%). In 51 cases (11,8%) the etiology of hemoptysis was undetermined.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pneumonologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porzezińska
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorzewska
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drozdowski
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sulzycka
authors.forename: Jan Marek
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Słomiński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors