[Assessment of hemoptysis etiology among patients hospitalized in Pneumonology Departament of Medical University of Gdańsk in the years 1998-2002].

A retrospective analysis of 3400 clinical records of patients hospitalized in Pneumonology Department of Medical University of Gdańsk between 1998-2002 year was performed. 431 (12,7%) of them was admitted to hospital because of hemoptysis. The cause of hemoptysis was determined in 380 (82,2%) cases. The most common diagnosis was neoplasm--174 cases (40,4%), between them squamous cell carcinoma (47,7%). In 51 cases (11,8%) the etiology of hemoptysis was undetermined.