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SUBMITTER: Mondoni M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6371580 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mondoni Michele M Carlucci Paolo P Cipolla Giuseppe G Fois Alessandro A Gasparini Stefano S Marani Silvia S Centanni Stefano S Sotgiu Giovanni G
BMC pulmonary medicine 20190211 1
<h4>Background</h4>Bronchoscopy plays a key role to diagnose the etiology, to localize the site, and to identify the sources of the bleeding in patients with hemoptysis, but the ideal timing of an endoscopic examination is still unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a secondary analysis of an observational and multicenter study, aimed at evaluating the epidemiology of hemoptysis in Italy and the diagnostic yield of the most frequently prescribed examinations. The aim of the study was to evaluate ...[more]