Sputum:amount ▣Bulk frothy sputum Pulmo edema Bulk serofluid sputum ■Alveolar carcinoma ▣Bulk pus sputum ■Bronchiectasis ■Lung abscess Layering upper:frothy, middle:mucoid or mucopus, lower:necrosis substance
Sputum: amount Bulk frothy sputum ◼ Pulmo edema Bulk serofluid sputum ◼ Alveolar carcinoma Bulk pus sputum ◼ Bronchiectasis ◼ Lung abscess Layering upper: frothy, middle: mucoid or mucopus, lower: necrosis substance
Sputum:consistency ▣Mucoid sputum Bronchitis (without bacterial infection) ■Asthma Early stage of pneumonia ▣Serofluid sputum Pulmo edema ▣Pus sputum Any bacterial infection ▣Bloody sputum
Sputum: consistency Mucoid sputum ◼ Bronchitis (without bacterial infection) ◼ Asthma ◼ Early stage of pneumonia Serofluid sputum ◼ Pulmo edema Pus sputum ◼ Any bacterial infection Bloody sputum
Sputum:color White mucoid or serofluid sputum Yellow general bacterial infection ▣Green aeruginosus Bacillus infection Grey or black dust inhalation 口Rusy Lobar pneumonia 口Pink ■cardiac edema ▣Red ■hemoptysis
Sputum: color White ◼ mucoid or serofluid sputum Yellow ◼ general bacterial infection Green ◼ aeruginosus Bacillus infection Grey or black ◼ dust inhalation Rusty ◼ Lobar pneumonia Pink ◼ cardiac edema Red ◼ hemoptysis Grey or black
Sputum:foul odor anaerobic bacterium infection
Sputum: foul odor anaerobic bacterium infection
Hemoptysis Bleeding from lower respiratory tract The amount varies from blood-strained sputum to several hundreds ml pure blood Mild:<100ml/d Moderate:100-500/d Severe:>500ml/d,or 100-500/time Differential diagnosis Bleeding from upper respiratory tract Hematemesis
Hemoptysis Bleeding from lower respiratory tract The amount varies from blood-strained sputum to several hundreds ml pure blood ◼ Mild: 100ml/d ◼ Moderate: 100-500/d ◼ Severe: >500ml/d, or 100-500/time Differential diagnosis ◼ Bleeding from upper respiratory tract ◼ Hematemesis