Hemoptysis in Israeli CF patients--prevalence, treatment, and clinical characteristics.

Objective: To identify the characteristics of CF patients with hemoptysis in Israel and to compare clinical features and risk factors to a control group of CF patients without hemoptysis.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Patients: All CF patients in Israel who experienced hemoptysis between 2001 and 2005 and a control group of sex- and age-matched patients with no history of hemoptysis.