IT IS generally agreed that the definitive treatment of bronchiectasis is surgical and that most patients should be considered for lobectomy or pneumonectomy, although many may, after evaluation, be ...

Panelists discuss how ideal candidates for bronchiectasis surgery have localized disease on CT scan and bronchoscopy, adequate pulmonary function (orced expiratory volume in 1 second > 40%), and whose ...

BRONCHIECTASIS is protean in its expressions as it is sometimes obscure in its origin. The clinical picture varies in individual patients, but common to the severer cases is a history of harassing, ...

If you have bronchiectasis, the essential goal of treatment is to keep your airway clear. Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung condition in which the airways become widened and damaged, making it harder ...

Panelists discusses how bronchiectasis differs from other respiratory diseases like asthma and COPD through symptoms, imaging findings, and pathophysiological mechanisms. Panelists discusses how the ...

If you have non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, you’re likely an expert on the “lung side” of the disease — the stubborn mucus, the nagging cough, and the constant threat of a flare-up. But by causing ...

If youre living with bronchiectasis, youre likely familiar with the exhausting cycle of thick mucus, chronic coughing, and fear of the next flare-up. For years, treatment has focused on managing ...

Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition of the respiratory system, in which there is abnormal widening of the airways due to an initial damaging factor. This in turn reduces the ability of the bronchi ...