Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS, provides an overview of clinical presentations that prompt consideration of bronchiectasis in the differential diagnosis. Stay ahead of policy, cost, and value—subscribe ...

SEGMENTAL pulmonary resection for bronchiectasis is based on the concept that it is most advantageous to conserve all healthy tissue and limit resection to the specific pulmonary segments destroyed by ...

Bronchiectasis is a lung condition that causes a persistent cough and excess phlegm, or sputum. It is a permanent condition that gets worse over time. It can be fatal. The bronchi dilate, usually ...

Bronchiectasis hospitalizations have higher mortality and costs than COPD and asthma, with a median stay of 5 days and costs of $50,393. During the COVID-19 pandemic, bronchiectasis hospitalizations ...

Bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two chronic conditions that involve damage to the lungs. The causes and treatments for each differ. In some instances, COPD may ...

Read at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Section of Tuberculosis, June 5, 1935. Rice, G. Arnold — Bronchoscopist, Rutland State Sanatorium, Rutland, Mass. For record and ...