Sara Lonni1, James D Chalmers2, Pieter C Goeminne3, Melissa J McDonnell4,5, Katerina Dimakou6, Anthony De Soyza5,7, Eva Polverino8, Charlotte Van de Kerkhove3, Robert Rutherford4, John Davison7, Edmundo Rosales8, Alberto Pesci1, Marcos I Restrepo9, Antoni Torres8, Stefano Aliberti1. 1. 1 Health Science Department, University of Milan Bicocca, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza, Italy. 2. 2 Tayside Respiratory Research Group, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 3. 3 Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. 4. 4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland. 5. 5 Adult Bronchiectasis Service and Sir William Leech Centre for Lung Research, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Heaton, United Kingdom. 6. 6 5th Department of Pulmonary Medicine, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece. 7. 7 Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 8. 8 Thorax Institute, Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Pulmonary Division, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and. 9. 9 Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System and University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Testing for underlying etiology is a key part of bronchiectasis management, but it is unclear whether the same extent of testing is required across the spectrum of disease severity. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to identify the etiology of bronchiectasis across European cohorts and according to different levels of disease severity. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of seven databases of adult outpatients with bronchiectasis prospectively enrolled at the bronchiectasis clinics of university teaching hospitals in Monza, Italy; Dundee and Newcastle, United Kingdom; Leuven, Belgium; Barcelona, Spain; Athens, Greece; and Galway, Ireland. All the patients at every site underwent the same comprehensive diagnostic workup as suggested by the British Thoracic Society. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among the 1,258 patients enrolled, an etiology of bronchiectasis was determined in 60%, including postinfective (20%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related (15%), connective tissue disease related (10%), immunodeficiency related (5.8%), and asthma related (3.3%). An etiology leading to a change in patient's management was identified in 13% of the cases. No significant differences in the etiology of bronchiectasis were present across different levels of disease severity, with the exception of a higher prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related bronchiectasis (P < 0.001) and a lower prevalence of idiopathic bronchiectasis (P = 0.029) in patients with severe disease. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians should not be guided by disease severity in suspecting specific etiologies in patients with bronchiectasis, although idiopathic bronchiectasis appears to be less common in patients with the most severe disease.
RATIONALE: Testing for underlying etiology is a key part of bronchiectasis management, but it is unclear whether the same extent of testing is required across the spectrum of disease severity. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to identify the etiology of bronchiectasis across European cohorts and according to different levels of disease severity. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of seven databases of adult outpatients with bronchiectasis prospectively enrolled at the bronchiectasis clinics of university teaching hospitals in Monza, Italy; Dundee and Newcastle, United Kingdom; Leuven, Belgium; Barcelona, Spain; Athens, Greece; and Galway, Ireland. All the patients at every site underwent the same comprehensive diagnostic workup as suggested by the British Thoracic Society. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among the 1,258 patients enrolled, an etiology of bronchiectasis was determined in 60%, including postinfective (20%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related (15%), connective tissue disease related (10%), immunodeficiency related (5.8%), and asthma related (3.3%). An etiology leading to a change in patient's management was identified in 13% of the cases. No significant differences in the etiology of bronchiectasis were present across different levels of disease severity, with the exception of a higher prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related bronchiectasis (P < 0.001) and a lower prevalence of idiopathic bronchiectasis (P = 0.029) in patients with severe disease. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians should not be guided by disease severity in suspecting specific etiologies in patients with bronchiectasis, although idiopathic bronchiectasis appears to be less common in patients with the most severe disease.
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bronchiectasis; etiology; severity of illness index
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