Management of bronchiectasis in adults
Management of bronchiectasis in adults
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DOI:
10.1183/09031936.00119114
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发表时间:
2015-05-01
影响因子:
24.3
通讯作者:
Blasi, Francesco
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作者:
Chalmers, James D.;Aliberti, Stefano;Blasi, Francesco
Formerly regarded as a rare disease, bronchiectasis is now increasingly recognised and a renewed interest in the condition is stimulating drug development and clinical research. Bronchiectasis represents the final common pathway of a number of infectious, genetic, autoimmune, developmental and allergic disorders and is highly heterogeneous in its aetiology, impact and prognosis.The goals of therapy should be: to improve airway mucus clearance through physiotherapy with or without adjunctive therapies; to suppress, eradicate and prevent airway bacterial colonisation; to reduce airway inflammation; and to improve physical functioning and quality of life.Fortunately, an increasing body of evidence supports interventions in bronchiectasis. The field has benefited greatly from the introduction of evidence-based guidelines in some European countries and randomised controlled trials have now demonstrated the benefit of long-term macrolide therapy, with accumulating evidence for inhaled therapies, physiotherapy and pulmonary rehabilitation.This review provides a critical update on the management of bronchiectasis focussing on emerging evidence and recent randomised controlled trials.