[Assessment of hemoptysis etiology among patients hospitalized in Pneumonology Departament of Medical University of Gdańsk in the years 1998-2002].
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.
Porzezińska
Maria
M
Klinika Pneumonologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
Gorzewska
Agnieszka
A
Drozdowski
Jacek
J
Sulzycka
Magdalena
M
Słomiński
Jan Marek
JM
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