Full Description
Once considered an
orphan condition, bronchiectasis is now recognised as a common and actionable
chronic respiratory disease with an expanding clinical and research community. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) has taken the lead in this area by
supporting the European Multicentre Audit and Research Collaboration (EMBARC),
a project that has done much to help understanding of bronchiectasis. In this Monograph,
key leaders of EMBARC, James D. Chalmers, Amelia
Shoemark and Stefano Alberti, have brought together comprehensive and
authoritative chapters covering epidemiology, imaging, current management
advice, future therapeutic options, and the challenges to come. This Monograph
will provide clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals with the
knowledge and tools required to improve the quality of life of people living
with bronchiectasis.
Contents
Understanding bronchiectasis through patient voices
Epidemiology of bronchiectasis
The basics of bronchiectasis
Radiology in bronchiectasis: from radiological signs
to quantifiable disease
The immunology of bronchiectasis
Mucociliary clearance in bronchiectasis
Chronic airway infection and the microbiome in
bronchiectasis
Primary ciliary dyskinesia
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Autoimmune conditions and bronchiectasis
COPD, asthma and bronchiectasis overlap
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections and
bronchiectasis
Investigation and management of immunodeficiency
disorders in bronchiectasis
Protracted bacterial bronchitis and
"pre-bronchiectasis"
Principles of management: an overview of the 2025
European Respiratory
Society bronchiectasis guidelines
Airway clearance management in bronchiectasis:
techniques, devices and mucoactive agents
Antibiotic management: macrolides and inhaled
antibiotics
Dipeptidyl peptidase-1 inhibitors in bronchiectasis
Investigation and management of the deteriorating
patient
Acute exacerbations of bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis in children
Bronchiectasis clinical trial design considerations
The bronchiectasis treatment pipeline
What have we learned from the EMBARC project?
Research priorities and progress for bronchiectasis
