Profile of Patients with Chest Symptoms Referring at A Tertiary Care Hospital

The reporting of patients have been known to differ in different symptoms at the health facilities. In this study waiting period of haemoptysis was found to be short while that of low grade dyspnoea was found to be more. 156(78%) individuals with haemoptysis reported within a week of onset while only 82(63%) with chest pain , 42(12.3%) with cough and 86(21.5%) with breathlessness reported to the health facility. 103(51.5%) with haemoptysis , 10(7.6% ) with chest pain and 26(6.5%) with breathlessness reported within 24 hours of onset but none with cough.