NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)
Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract, with causes ranging from bronchitis to tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, or lung cancer; the GP's role is urgent work-up including a chest X-ray and TB screening, and referral, since the underlying cause determines treatment rather than the symptom itself. - Refer, with advice
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract, with causes ranging from bronchitis to tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, or lung cancer; the GP's role is urgent work-up including a chest X-ray and TB screening, and referral, since the underlying cause determines treatment rather than the symptom itself.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
- RED FLAG - Large-volume haemoptysis or breathlessness (airway compromise - emergency), haemoptysis with weight loss, night sweats, or a prolonged cough (possible tuberculosis or malignancy), or haemoptysis in an older smoker (exclude lung cancer).