Nogueira C C, Ferreira S, Oliveira A, Neves S, Ferreira D S, Almeida J, Moura e Sá J
Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova De Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Rev Port Pneumol. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):917-20; discussion 924.
Hemoptysis is a common and alarming clinical problem. Acute massive hemoptysis is a life threatening condition. Different therapeutic strategies such as surgery, endovascular treatment and/or bronchoscopy have been applied. We report two cases of patients with severe hemoptysis who were treated by bronchoscopy guided topical hemostatic tamponade therapy with oxidized regenerated cellulose.