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Treatment for bronchiectasis aims to reduce chest infections and symptoms, improve quality of life and lower a person’s likelihood of complications, like reduced lung function.
British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults Adam T Hill, 1 Anita L Sullivan,2 James D Chalmers,3 Anthony De Soyza,4 J Stuart Elborn,5 R Andres Floto,6,7 Lizzie Grillo,8 Kevin Gruffydd-Jones,9 Alex Harvey,10 Charles S Haworth,7 Edwin Hiscocks,11 John R Hurst,12 Christopher Johnson,7 W Peter Kelleher,13,14,15 Pallavi Bedi,16 Karen Payne,17
4 paź 2024 · Treatment for bronchiectasis aims to reduce chest infections and symptoms, improve quality of life and lower a person’s likelihood of complications, like reduced lung function.
• Ripping chest pain (“worse chest pain of my life”), especially when sudden in onset and occurring in a hypertensive patient, or with a known bicuspid aortic valve or aortic dilation, is suspicious of an acute aortic syndrome (e.g., aortic dissection).
The ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines has commissioned this guideline to focus on the evaluation of acute or stable chest pain or other anginal equivalents, in various clinical settings, with an emphasis on the diagnosis on ischemic causes.
Bronchiectasis (bron-kee-eck-tuh-sis) is a lung condition that causes cough, sputum production, and recurrent respiratory infections. (Also see “What is Bronchiectasis?” at www.thoracic.org/patients). Because bronchiectasis is a condition that develops over many years and worsens with repeated infections, the main treatment goal is
28 gru 2018 · Use of bronchodilators in patients with bronchiectasis and coexisting COPD or asthma should follow the guideline recommendations for COPD or asthma (D). Offer a trial of long-acting bronchodilator therapy in patients with symptoms of significant breathlessness (D).
