
Get together to increase awareness in bronchiectasis: a report of the 2nd World Bronchiectasis Conference
Author(s) -
Stefano Aliberti,
James D. Chalmers
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
multidisciplinary respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2049-6958
pISSN - 1828-695X
DOI - 10.4081/mrm.2018.83
Subject(s) - bronchiectasis , medicine , mucociliary clearance , sputum , intensive care medicine , disease , respiratory system , pathology , lung , tuberculosis
Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease character- ized by a permanent dilation of the bronchi associated with cough, daily sputum production and recurrent episodes of respiratory infections. Bronchiectasis pathophysiology starts with a structural airway damage leading to an impaired mucociliary clearance, subsequent chronic bacterial infection and neutrophilic inflammation, which perpetuates this vicious cycle. For a long period of time, bronchiectasis has been recognized as an isolated radiological finding, while now we understand it as chronic and debilitating disease which requires specific management to improve patients’ outcomes.