Management of Bronchiectasis

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  • Medical Management of bronchiectasis:
    • Antibiotics
    • Flu vaccine
    • Bronchodilators if airway reversibility demonstrated – sees if there's any response to bronchodilators drug to see if there's improves airflow
    • Steroid therapy (especially with ABPA)
    • Surgerylobectomy (rare nowadays), single or double lung transplant
    • Immunoglobulin therapy - hypogammaglobulinemia
  • Physiotherapy management of bronchiectasis:
    • Education
    • Daily airway clearance regimen for life
    • Breathlessness management
    • Increase exercise tolerance