patients with bronchiectasis in whom investigation should be considered
Last reviewed 01/2018
People who require investigations for bronchiectasis
Investigation for bronchiectasis should be considered in the following patients:
- in children with
- productive (sometimes non productive) chronic cough specially seen between viral colds
- asthma who has poor response to therapy
- unexplained haemoptysis
- recurrent pneumonia
- pertussis like illness which fails to resolve after 6 months
- persistent and unexplained physical signs or chest radiographic abnormalities (1)
- in adults with
- persistent productive cough specially with
- daily production of large amount of very purulent sputum
- presentation at a young age
- symptoms for many years
- sputum positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- no history of smoking
- unexplained haemoptysis and non productive cough
- suspected COPD patients (alone or in addition to bronchiectasis) with no history of smoking, recurrent exacerbation or who is slow to recover from lower respiratory tract infection (1)
- persistent productive cough specially with
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