What Causes Hemoptysis?
Discussion
True hemoptysis is a very uncommon or rare problem in pediatrics but can be potentially life-threatening. Massive hemoptysis has a high mortality (up to 50%) mainly from asphyxia and inability to ventilate and oxygenate the patient because of blood in the pulmonary airways. Fortunately, most hemoptysis is small in amount that resolves within 24 hours.
Initial evaluation for hemoptysis can include complete blood count, coagulation studies, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, urinalysis (possible pulmonary-renal problems), radiographic imaging including chest x-ray and/or computed tomography, and...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 22, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
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[WHO] Following consultation with public health agencies and experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a global technical consultation report introducing updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air. The pathogens covered include those that cause respiratory infections, e.g. COVID-19, influenza, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and tuberculosis, among others. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine Press and Media Tuberculosis Uganda Source Type: news
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
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One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee.
At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
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Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Tuberculosis Source Type: news
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Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
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Source: CBC | Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/North Source Type: news
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