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 ...

THE anesthesia and operating-room care of patients who are to be treated surgically for bronchiectasis need to be planned and carried out in a simple but logical manner if anesthesia mortality and ...

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 ...

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

Bronchiectasis may affect anyone of any age, but most commonly the middle-aged segment. Unfortunately, the damage done to the lungs by bronchiectasis is permanent. The bronchi are small tubes in the ...

Results of a large, global clinical trial spanning five continents with over 1,700 patients with bronchiectasis has demonstrated benefits of an investigational, once-a-day pill called brenso catib as ...

Bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two chronic conditions that involve damage to the lungs. The causes and treatments for each differ. In some instances, COPD may ...