Patients presenting to their primary-care physicians with acute exacerbations associated with sputum production and underlying diagnoses of COPD were considered for the study. All had a history of ...

He raised moderate amounts of foamy sputum with occasional flecks of bright-red blood. There were four febrile episodes, each lasting for about a week, during which the cough and sputum were ...

Those diagnosed with SIPE were included. Diagnostic criteria included absence of water aspiration, acute onset of dyspnoea, cough and/or expectoration of frothy sputum, with evidence of pulmonary ...