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The association between serum albumin/prealbumin level and disease severity in non-CF bronchiectasis.

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Non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) bronchiectasis is a chronic pulmonary disease that can lead to malnutrition. Serum prealbumin and albumin level are related to inflammatory and nutritional status. Thus, we aimed to confirm our hypothesis that low serum albumin and prealbumin level, as well as BMI, is

Serum Albumin and Disease Severity of Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis.

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BACKGROUND A clinical classification system has been developed to define the severity and predict the prognosis of subjects with non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis. We aimed to identify laboratory parameters that are correlated with the bronchiectasis severity index (BSI) and FACED

Humidification as an adjunct to chest physiotherapy in aiding tracheo-bronchial clearance in patients with bronchiectasis.

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Humidification of inspired air or oxygen is frequently utilized by respiratory physiotherapists to relieve sputum retention. Cold water, jet nebulizing humidifiers are in widespread use but there has been no previous attempt to investigate the efficacy of this treatment. We have performed a

In vivo study of indomethacin in bronchiectasis: effect on neutrophil function and lung secretion.

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Bronchiectasis is associated with sputum containing high levels of the proteolytic enzyme elastase, which is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. Agents which inhibit neutrophil function and interfere with neutrophil elastase release may have a beneficial effect on the

[A preliminary study for cellular, albumin and immunoglobulin components of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in normal control, pulmonary T.B. and malignant lung diseases].

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Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a new diagnostic tool which could be applied repeatedly to investigate the nature of lesion in pulmonary diseases. To evaluate the clinical significance of the difference in immunoglobulin content for the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant pulmonary

Impact of Radiographic Bronchiectasis in COPD.

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COPD and bronchiectasis frequently coexist, which creates an emerging phenotype with a worse prognosis. However, the impact of bronchiectasis on the natural history of COPD has not been fully evaluated and is still controversial. This meta-analysis was performed to clarify the

Elastolytic activity of sputum and its relation to purulence and to lung function in patients with bronchiectasis.

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Sputum samples from 34 patients with bronchiectasis were assessed subjectively and the results related to objective measurements of elastase activity and albumin content. The results suggest that the macroscopic appearance of the sample is related to the elastase content. 88.7% of the purulent

Multivariate analysis of factors affecting pulmonary function in bronchiectasis.

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Impaired pulmonary function is of prognostic importance in bronchiectasis. To assess the factors affecting pulmonary function in bronchiectasis, we studied the clinical features, atopic status, bronchial responsiveness, systemic inflammatory indices, and sputum characteristics including volume,

Mucociliary clearance and transport in bronchiectasis: global and regional assessment.

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Global and regional mucociliary clearance and transport in the lungs was studied in 20 patients with bronchiectasis by radioaerosol inhalation lung cine-scintigraphy and the quantitative analysis following inhalation of ultrasonically-generated 99mTc-tagged human serum albumin aerosol (mass median

Systemic effects of inflammation in bronchiectasis.

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A group of bronchiectatic subjects in the clinically stable state were studied for systemic evidence of inflammation. The following parameters were evaluated: body weight, serum albumin, serum globulin, serum alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1 AT) and peripheral white cell count. For serum albumin and

Sputum sol phase proteins and elastase activity in patients with clinically stable bronchiectasis.

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BACKGROUND Inflammatory and proteolytic activity occurs in sputum from patients with stable purulent bronchiectasis and has been proposed as the main pathogenetic mechanism of the disease. This study was designed to define further the role of inflammation and proteolysis in

The response of patients with purulent bronchiectasis to antibiotics for four months.

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Continuous treatment with antibiotics for 16 weeks was given to 10 patients with bronchiectasis who regularly produced purulent elastase positive secretions. Macroscopic clearance of secretions (from purulent to mucoid or mucopurulent) was achieved in all patients, and this was associated with a

Systemic comorbidities in bronchiectasis.

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Bronchiectasis is a chronic inflammatory lung disease, which has similarities to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Comorbidities of COPD include increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease, loss of bone mineral density (BMD) and loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, all linked to

Co-existence of COPD and bronchiectasis: a risk factor for a high ratio of main pulmonary artery to aorta diameter (PA:A) from computed tomography in COPD patients.

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Pulmonary vascular disease, especially pulmonary hypertension, is an important complication of COPD. Bronchiectasis is considered not only a comorbidity of COPD, but also a risk factor for vascular diseases. The main pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio (PA:A ratio) has been found to be a

IgG subclasses in the serum and sputum from patients with bronchiectasis.

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BACKGROUND IgG subclass deficiency is often associated with recurrent pulmonary infections. The prevalence of deficiency in a large well characterised group of patients with bronchiectasis has not previously been established. METHODS Serum IgG subclass concentrations in 89 patients with

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