Haemoptysis: Aetiology and Outcome in a Third World Tertiary Hospital

Study objectives: To determine the etiology and outcome of patients admitted with haemoptysis. Design: A prospective cohort study. Setting and Patients: A tertiary referral hospital with cardiothorasic and angiographic facilities. Patients with haemoptysis requiring admission under the Medical Department from January 1st 1999 to December 31st 1999 were included in the study. Results: Post tubercular bronchiectasis(32%), active tuberculosis(20%), primary carcinoma of lung(12%), bacterial pneumonia(10%) and bronchiectasis(non tubercular) 8% accounted for most causes of haemoptysis. On the whole, infectious disease…