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This affection of the bronchia is always produced by chronic catarrh, or by some other disease attended by long, violent, and often repeated fits of coughing.

R.T.H. Laënnec¹

Bronchiectasis is an uncommon disease with the potential to cause devastating illness, including repeated respiratory infections requiring antibiotics, disabling productive cough, shortness of breath, and occasional hemoptysis. Landmarks in the history of bronchiectasis include the vivid descriptions of patients with suppurative phlegm that appeared in the writings of René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec in the early 19th century; the 1922 introduction by Jean Athanase Sicard of contrast bronchography, which permitted the precise imaging . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Pathophysiology

Focal and Diffuse Presentations

Causes

Infections

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Immunodeficiency

Cystic Fibrosis

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Symptoms and Physical Findings

Diagnostic Testing

Pulmonary Function

Management

Acute Exacerbations or Bronchitis

Prevention or Suppression of Microbes

Bronchopulmonary Hygiene

Surgery

Hemoptysis

Prognosis

Conclusion and Revised Definitions

Source Information

From the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Barker at the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97201, or at barkera@ohsu.edu.

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