Background Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of bronchiectasis in patients
with moderate to severe COPD. However, the factors associated with bronchiectasis remain …

Background: COPD and radiographic bronchiectasis frequently coexist but the effect of this
on the clinical course of COPD is not fully understood. We determined the impact of …

Bronchiectasis is prevalent in patients with COPD. The objective of this study was to assess
the clinical characteristics and prognostic value of bronchiectasis in patients with COPD in …

A high prevalence of bronchiectasis was found by chest computed tomography (CT) in
patients with moderate–severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and it was …

Rationale: The prevalence of bronchiectasis is high in patients with moderate-to-severe
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and it has been associated with …

Background Bronchiectasis revealed by chest computed tomography in COPD patients and
its comorbid effect on prognosis have not been addressed by large-sized studies …

Computed tomography scan images have been used to identify different radiological COPD
phenotypes based on the presence and severity of emphysema, bronchial wall thickening …

Background In the 2014 Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines,
bronchiectasis was for the first time defined as a comorbidity of chronic obstructive …

Relationships between high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bacterial colonization, airway inflammation, or …

Background Previous studies of patients with bronchiectasis have found that the cause is
idiopathic in the majority of cases, but these studies were done in homogeneous …