Table 2.
Patients’ symptoms
| Symptoms | Sputum complaints | Characteristics of hemoptysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Productive cough | 48 (77.41) | No sputum | 35 (56.45) | No hemoptysis | 55 (88.70) | |
| Recurrent lower respiratory tract infection | 41 (66.13) | Little amount of sputum (<100ml) | 9 (14.52) | Pure blood | 4 (6.46) | |
| Dyspnea | 34 (54.83) | Large amount of sputum (>100ml) | 18 (29.03) | Mixed with sputum | 3 (4.84) | |
| Sputum with bad odor | 27 (43.54) | |||||
| Fatigue | 17 (27.41) | |||||
| Chest pain | 7 (11.30) | |||||
| Hemoptysis | 7 (11.30) | |||||
| Asymptomatic (during the application) | 10 (16.13) |
Figures in parentheses are in percentage