Severe hemoptysis associated with lung cancer in the ICU: recurrence and outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hemoptysis is a life-threatening event in the course of lung cancer (LC). The management of the most severe episodes of hemoptysis include medical measures and vascular interventional radiology (VIR). There are few data on initial clinical and radiological features associated with early bleeding recurrence, and its prognostic significance.

Methods

A monocenter retrospective study involving patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) between 2009 and 2020 for severe hemoptysis (SH) associated with LC and requiring VIR.

Results

During the study period, 130 patients (85% males; 59.5 ± 5.3 yrs) with SH and non-small cell (78%) or small-cell (18%) LC were analysed. SH was inaugural in half of cases. A lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) was microbiol

SUBMITTER: Salvayre R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11925840 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature