General Internal Medicine

Bronchiectasis

Questions discussed in this category

How do you manage persistent pseudomonas positive sputum a patient with non-CF bronchiectasis who has chronic sputum production but is otherwise asymptomatic?

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Do you treat non-albicans strains of Candida on sputum culture or BAL in patients who are immunosuppressed?

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What is your approach to initial work up for a young patient with bronchiectasis?

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Do you ever stop tobramycin prophylaxis in a patient with chronic bronchiectasis previously colonized with pseudomonas?

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Papers discussed in this category

Eur Respir J, 2017 Sep 09

European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis.

Thorax, 2019 Jan

British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults.

JAMA, 2013 Mar 27

Effect of azithromycin maintenance treatment on infectious exacerbations among patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: the BAT randomized controlled trial.

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