Five-steps Thinking about Etiological Diagnosis of Hemoptysis
MENG Qing-yi
Abstract：Hemoptysis is a common clinical symptom, which refers to the bleeding of the respiratory organs below the larynx, and the blood is expelled from the mouth by coughing.Due to many causes of hemoptysis, such as respiratory system, circulatory system, blood system, hereditary diseases and poisoning, timely and accurately determine the etiology of hemoptysis is the maker for doctor's clinical level and which is essential to take timely and correctly treatment for improving the prognosis of these patients.Combining with clinical practice, this paper introduces the five-steps thinking method for etiological diagnosis of hemoptysis, which can help clinicians to set up careful and clear clinical thinking and reduce misdiagnosis.
Keywords：HemoptysisHemorrhageDiagnosisDifferentialdiagnosis
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 1-5 )