Non cf bronchiectasis
Pathogenesis, imaging and clinical characteristics of CF and non-CF bronchiectasis
... in bronchiectasis [77, 78]. Airway neutrophils in CF illustrate an impaired phagocytic ability ...that CF neutrophils have an impaired ROS production, a critical mediator of anti- microbial host ...
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The etiologies of non-CF bronchiectasis in childhood: a systematic review of 989 subjects
... Misidentification and failure to identify an etiology also contribute to the limitation of this review. Identify- ing multiple etiologies in individual patients occurred in 2 studies, raising the concern of over ...
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Cardiovascular outcomes following a respiratory tract infection among adults with non CF bronchiectasis: a general population based study
... with non-CF bronchiectasis, a respiratory tract infection is strongly associated with a transient increase in the rate of incident cardiovascular ...with bronchiectasis in our population also ...
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Is bronchiectasis really a disease?
... to CF, other phenotypes of bronchiectasis exist that have distinct aetiology, clinical features and therapeutic ...Like CF, PCD has a distinct genetic aetiology, albeit more complex and not always ...
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Continuous versus intermittent antibiotics for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
... of non-CF bronchiectasis, as they reduce bacterial load, inflammation and consequent tissue destruc- tion in the airways (Chalmers ...frequent bronchiectasis exacerbations or those with fewer ...
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Oxygen desaturation during the 6-min walk test as a risk for osteoporosis in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
... in non-CF bronchiec- tasis with ...in non-CF bron- chiectasis was less important than desaturation and acute ...in non-CF bronchiectasis either for short-term (during an ...
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Effects of long term use of macrolides in patients with non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a meta analysis of randomized controlled trials
... in non-CF bronchiectasis exacerbations among patients taking long term macrolides, three additional studies showed similar findings ...with non-CF bronchiectasis contributed to ...
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Prevalence and factors associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria in non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a multicenter observational study
... on CF and non-CF bronchiectasis patients found that lung function and colonization by ...in CF patients showed that patients who were culture-positive for NTM were older, had milder ...
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Lung clearance index in adults with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
... with CF and non-CF bronchiectasis, it also represents a simplification of the washout process since it is essentially determined by data points at the start and end of the washout curve ...
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Geographic variation in the aetiology, epidemiology and microbiology of bronchiectasis
... to bronchiectasis; but this condition is most prevalent in Caucasian populations and is less commonly encoun- tered in ...with CF are diagnosed soon after birth. The majority of non-CF ...
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Risk of infections in bronchiectasis during disease modifying treatment and biologics for rheumatic diseases
... For bronchiectasis, date of diagnosis, underlying related systemic disease, tobacco consumption and pre- existing bacteriologic colonisation were ...between bronchiectasis and the rheumatic ...
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Bronchoalveolar Fluid Is Not a Major Hindrance to Virus-Mediated Gene Therapy in Cystic Fibrosis
... in CF BAL and CF sputum, form protein complexes, and may have antimicrobial activity (27, ...most CF patients are colonized with ...of CF BAL have little impact on adenovirus-mediated gene ...
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A pediatric disease to keep in mind: diagnostic tools and management of bronchiectasis in pediatric age
... Antibiotics should be used in the treatment of acute exacerbation or as prophylaxis treatment to reduce the frequency of acute events. The use and choice of antibi- otics should be guided by exacerbations severity, ...
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Relationship between the presence of bronchiectasis and acute exacerbation in Thai COPD patients
... of bronchiectasis was considered when there was bronchial dilatation with respect to the accompany- ing pulmonary artery (the signet ring sign), lack of bronchial tapering (the tram-track sign) or identification ...
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Mortality risk and causes of death in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
... We acknowledge several limitations in this study. Firstly, the control group in the current study was from hospital patients and not community controls. Hospital controls are more likely to have health re- lated problems ...
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Volumetric capnography for the evaluation of chronic airways diseases
... diffuse bronchiectasis the most important and probably most initial lesions occur in the small airways of less than 2 mm in diameter because their dependence on mucociliary clearance and other airway defense ...
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in healthcare workers with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cross-sectional study
... with CF differs both lo- cally and ...total CF population [15], whereas in Australia, the point-prevalence in adults was reported as 4 % in 2013 ...the CF airways was as- sociated with lower lung ...
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Impact of traffic related air pollution indicators on non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis mortality: a cohort analysis
... We describe for the first time the impact of traffic related chronic air pollution exposure indicators in a NCFB popu- lation. With the exception of cystic fibrosis, there is a striking paucity of research into ...
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The pathophysiology of bronchiectasis
... Follicular bronchiectasis was characterized by the presence of lymphoid follicles in the bronchial wall. The inflammatory process commenced in the small airway. This small airway inflammation caused the release of ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC5126573.pdf
... Airway surface liquid (ASL) glucose and lactate measurements. ASL glucose and lactate concentra- tions were assessed by washing the apical surface with 50 μ l of Krebs salt solution and analysed using enzymatic glucose ...
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