April 18, 2019

Updated British Thoracic Society guidelines

The British Thoracic Society have updated their recommendations and clinical practice points in January 2019. Key points included are related to imaging, in whom a diagnosis of bronchiectasis should be suspected, investigations for the aetiology, which patients should be taught airway clearance techniques, which techniques should be taught, how frequent and what to include during […]

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Updated Spanish guidelines on the treatment of bronchiectasis in adults

After publishing the first guidelines in the world on the diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis back in 2008, the Spanish Society of Pulmonology (SEPAR) have updated their review of the literature and recommendations. Highlights include treatment of bronchiectasis from a multidisciplinary and multidimensional perspective, including existing therapies, nutritional aspects, airway clearance therapy, muscle training and

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