Abstract
Pulmonary bleeding was defined as massive when the collected blood was 600 ml or more in 24 hours. Hemoptysis of this magnitude carries more than 50% mortality when managed without surgical intervention, For this reason all patients admitted, bleeding massively, in the past ten years were considered candidates for surgical therapy. Localization of the bleeding was done by bronchoscopy. Pulmonary reserve was evaluated by clinical and radiological observation and, when feasible, by spirometry. Of the 75 patients seen with massive hemoptysis, 68 were operated. Seven patients were excluded for various reasons. Five of these patients died during the acute bleeding episode. Sixt-five resections were performed with 11 deaths (17%) and three cavernostomies with one death. Of 51 lobectomies, seven expired (14%). One segmentectomy survived. Other than the magnitude of the surgical resection, the mortality was related to the amount of bleeding in the 24 hours preceding the surgical procedure. Severe bleeding at the time of resection requiring one-lung ventilation also significantly influenced the mortality (33% against 7%). This experience shows that pulmonary resection is the treatment of choice in patients with massive hemoptysis.
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