Bronchial arterial embolisation for massive haemoptysis in cavitary sarcoidosis.

A 48-year-old non-smoking man with a 6-year history of pulmonary cavitary sarcoidosis presented with acute onset of haemoptysis of approximately 600 ml. Prior episodes of haemoptysis had resolved only after serial upper lobe wedge resections bilaterally and steroids. A chest CT identified bilateral upper lobe cavitary lesions with extravasation of contrast from a large right upper lobe cavity.

Patient and caregiver time burden associated with anaemia treatment in different patient populations.

Goals: Cancer patients treated with chemotherapy often develop anaemia. This cross-sectional analysis examined the effect of anaemia treatment on patient and caregiver time and activities.

Materials And Methods: The analysis included 9,920 patients from 646 US outpatient oncology centres.