Epidemiology and Management of Bronchiectasis in Australian Adults

支气管扩张症是一种难治性肺部疾病，可引起慢性咳嗽伴痰。我们不知道有多少澳大利亚人患有支气管扩张症，也不知道它对他们的生活有什么影响，也没有什么有效的治疗方法。最近启动的澳大利亚支气管扩张症登记处收集了澳大利亚支气管扩张症患者的全面信息。该项目将利用这些信息开始回答这些问题，并将研究雾化高渗盐水作为一种廉价和可获得的治疗方法。

Bronchiectasis is an incurable lung disease which causes chronic cough with phlegm. We do not know how many Australians have bronchiectasis or how it affects their lives, and there are few effective treatments. The recently launched Australian Bronchiectasis Registry collects comprehensive information on Australians with bronchiectasis. This project will use this information to start to answer these questions, and will investigate nebulised hypertonic saline as a cheap and accessible treatment.