Stefanie Louey

3 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Stefanie Louey |David Armstrong

1 Introduction Haemoptysis is a rare but potentially life-threatening problem in children. The most common causes are acute pneumonia or tracheobronchitis [1]. Others include bronchiectasis, congenital heart disease, arteriovenous malformation, foreign body inhalation, malignancy, coagulopathy, or diffuse alveolar haemorrhage [1]. IPH is a diagnosis of exclusion. The clinical triad is haemoptysis, bilateral pulmonary infiltrate on chest radiography, and iron deficiency anaemia [2].