Scant | Mild or moderate | Massive | |
Systemic antibiotics | Depends on other features* | Start | Start |
NSAIDs | Stop | Stop | Stop |
Airway clearance techniques (eg, chest physiotherapy) | Continue | No consensus¶ | Stop |
Aerosol therapies | |||
Hypertonic saline | Continue | StopΔ | Stop |
Dornase alpha | Continue | No consensus | No consensus |
Antibiotics | Continue | ContinueΔ | Continue◊ |
Bronchodilators | Continue | ContinueΔ | Continue◊ |
NSAIDs: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.
* For scant hemoptysis, the panel recommended starting systemic antibiotics if the patient has any other features of an acute exacerbation or if the hemoptysis is progressive.
¶ No good consensus was reached for this issue.
Δ Consensus for this recommendation was good but with some reservations and considerations specific to the individual patient.
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