Bronchiectasis

Question 1

What is bronchiectasis

Answer 1

• permanent widening of airways
• impaired mucus clearance

Question 2

Is this more common in women or men

Answer 2

Women

Question 3

Clinal features?

Answer 3

• cough
• breathlessness
• expectoration of large volumes of sputum
• crackles on inspiration
• heamoptysis

Question 4

Investigations?

Answer 4

• Chest x ray
• sputum test
• WBCs
• FBC
• oxygen sats
• speomitry

Question 5

Exacerbation management?