[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adolescents

GB McCallum, MJ Binks - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In the modern era, the global burden of childhood chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD)
remains poorly captured by the literature. What is clear, however, is that CSLD is essentially …

Positive expiratory pressure therapy versus other airway clearance techniques for bronchiectasis

AL Lee, AT Burge, AE Holland - Cochrane Database of …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background People with bronchiectasis experience chronic cough and sputum production
and require the prescription of airway clearance techniques (ACTs). A common type of ACT …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis

MP Smith - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
The evidence used in this review was obtained from a search of PubMed for articles
published in English between January 2005 and March 2016. The medical subject headings …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of two prognostic scores (BSI and FACED) in a Spanish cohort of adult patients with bronchiectasis and improvement of the FACED predictive …

E Rosales-Mayor, E Polverino, L Raguer, V Alcaraz… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Bronchiectasis (BE) is a chronic and heterogeneous respiratory disease that requires a
multidimensional scoring system to properly assess severity. The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] The bronchiectasis toolbox—a comprehensive website for the Management of People with bronchiectasis

CH Nicolson, AE Holland, AL Lee - Medical Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
While the health burden of bronchiectasis is increasing worldwide, medical and
physiotherapy treatment strategies have progressed significantly over the past decade. For …

[HTML][HTML] The Use of Plasmapheresis in Patients with Bronchiectasis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection and Inhibitory Antibodies

TJ Wells, J Davison, E Sheehan… - American Journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Results PN1 was a 64-year-old man diagnosed with bronchiectasis at age 15 years, after
measles and pneumonia. P. aeruginosa was first detected in 2002. Increased morbidity was …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional study

NS Faria Junior, JJ Urbano, IR Santos, AS Silva… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The relationship between sleep disorders and bronchiectasis has not been well described.
We hypothesize that, due to the irreversible dilatation of the bronchi, the presence of …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation and oxidation biomarkers in patients with cystic fibrosis: the influence of azithromycin

C Olveira, A Padilla, A Dorado… - The Eurasian journal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: In addition to their antibiotic effect, macrolides appear to modulate the
inflammatory response in cystic fibrosis (CF) and could influence oxidative stress. The …

Bronchiectasis—a growing respiratory problem

G Cope - Nurse Prescribing, 2017 - magonlinelibrary.com
Bronchiectasis is the irreversible, pathological dilatation of the small and medium-sized
bronchi. It is not a disease in its own right, but a final common pathway of a cycle of …

Fatores prognósticos em adultos com bronquiectasias não fibrocísticas

BC Machado - 2017 - lume.ufrgs.br
Introdução: As bronquiectasias não-fibrocísticas são uma doença supurativa crônica
caracterizada pela dilatação anormal e irreversível de um ou mais brônquios e são a via …