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Coughing up blood after surgeryHello doctors, My husband had a minor urology surgery approximately 8 hours ago. He has been doing well, however, anytime he goes to lay down he begins to cough up bright red blood. It stops as soon as he sits back up. Is this from the intubation? He resident I called could not advise because he was not an anesthesiologist resident. Thanks for any insight.
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Depends in part on the volume of blood. If it's a few specks of bright red blood that he's spitting out after coughing, sure. If it's frank bleeding that he's noting when he lays down, that's something else entirely. If it's the later, it would be atypical to have that happen and last 8 hours. I'd be concerned enough at that point to bring him into the ED.
I'm unsure on which valve was replaced, I've honestly never thought to enquire. The bleeding wasn't really all that significant, at least that I saw, my father wasn't complaining of being in any pain either and originally I was told that bleeding without pain shouldn't be a concern - it was only when I noticed he was passing clots into his catheter bag that I was told to get him to hospital.They 100% stopped the enoxaparin but I'm not totally sure about the aspirin.Edit: after checking with family we believe it was an aortic valve replacement
From a US standpoint I agree with everything here. Is it worth having a malpractice lawyer look at this? Yes. Is there a clear delay between stroke identification and likely onset? Yes, it sounds like it. Is there clear harm done? Not necessarily. Im so sorry all this happened, OP. Its hard even if there is no mistreatment.