Abstract:Repeat fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) is indicated in patients with recurrent, unexplained hemoptysis to localize and/or diagnose the source of bleeding. The results of 34 bronchoscopies in 14 patients over a 6-year period were examined. 10 patients had 2 FBs each, 3 had 3 FBs each and 1 patient had 5 procedures at varying intervals. Only early FB detected active bleeding (12/25 early FBs) and localized a bleeding site (10/25). Definitive diagnoses (6/34 FBs) occurred only in patients with lung malignancy and we… Show more
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