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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 116: Massive Hemoptysis

EMDocs

Physiologic dead space higher in chronic lung disease (COPD). Poor candidates: underlying pulmonary disease like COPD, lung cancer, bronchiectasis. Consult pulmonology/critical care, interventional radiology, and cardiothoracic surgery, which may mean transfer. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. doi:10.1148/radiology.144.4.7111716 AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995;165(5):1127-1130. doi:10.2214/ajr.165.5.7572489