Bronchiectasis

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• Causes

  • Chronic pulmonary infection
  • Blocked bronchus
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • Lung transplant
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Post-primary tuberculosis
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Anderson triad
  • Kartagener syndrome

• Effects

  • Purulent sputum
  • Halitosis
  • Coarse basal crackles
  • Haemoptysis
  • Chronic hypoxia
  • Coarse crepitations throughout
  • Cavernous breath sounds

• Parents

  • Chronic suppurative lung disease

• Treatments

  • Physiotherapy
  • Pneumonectomy