hemoptysis, airway disorders, endobronchial lesions, therapeutic suctioning, and pediatric bronchoscopy. Most contraindications to flexible bronchoscopy are relative rather than absolute.

Coughing up blood, medically known as hemoptysis, involves coughing or spitting up blood or blood-streaked mucus from your respiratory tract (i.e. lungs and airways). Coughed-up blood may appear ...