title: Etiology of hemoptysis: A retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital from northern Madhya Pradesh, India.
abstract: To evaluate the various etiologies of hemoptysis and outcome in an Indian cohort.
  
  
  
  Retrospective analysis of patients admitted with complaints of hemoptysis in the department of Pulmonary Medicine between April 2010 and March 2013. We categorized the patients according to various etiologies and according to the grades of hemoptysis.
  
  
  
  Three hundred and forty-six patients were included in the study. Of these, 214 (67%) were men and 142 (33%) were women. Tuberculosis (79.2%) accounted for majority of cases of hemoptysis. Other causes of hemoptysis were lung cancer (7.2%), bronchitis (4.6%), and bronchiectasis (3.5%). Moderate grade (73.4%) of hemoptysis was the frequent mode of presentation.
  
  
  
  Hemoptysis is the most frequent presentation of tuberculosis in India. It may be the presentation of healed pulmonary tuberculosis. Moderate amount of hemoptysis is commonly seen in the general population.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College and Jaya Arogya Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, MP, India. Electronic address: doctorsaurabhsingh@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Saurabh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College and Jaya Arogya Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, MP, India.
authors.forename: Kamlesh K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tiwari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Bronchiectasis; Bronchitis; Hemoptysis; Tuberculosis