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Bronchiectasis
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Bronchiectasis is a pathologic expansion of bronchi and/or bronchioles resulting from chronic necrotizing infections caused by various conditions which destroy bronchial smooth muscle and elastic tissue. Thus, it is not a primary disease, but a condition secondary to infection or other conditions.
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S&S
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- cough
- expectoration of copious purulent, sometimes fetid sputum - flecks of blood in sputum, if not frank hemptysis |
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Conditions dispose to
Brochiectasis |
Bronchial Obstruction
Cystic Fibrosis HIV Pneumonia |
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BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION
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Tumors
Foreign Body Mucuos Impaction Causing obstruction & leading to infection |
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CYSTIC FIBROSIS
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Inherited autosomal recessive
of exocrine glands |
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TRIADS OF CF
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COPD ( bronchiectasis )
exocrine pancreatic insufficiency high sweat chloride content |
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HIV
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Recurrent infections, immunoglobin deficiencies
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PNEUMONIA
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Incompletly resolved
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PATHOGENESIS
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Obstruction& Chronic Infx,
sec infx's Lower Lobes, most vertical airways. Affected area 4X of NL dia Mixed flora ( Staph,Strep,Pneumo,H.flu & Pseudo |
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LABS
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Peribronchial fibrosis
Intrabronchial secretions Suspect CYSTIC if abnormalities are Apical or upper lobe |
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CLINICAL
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Finger Clubbing
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Treatment
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ABX & O2
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