ArticleChest2012
Trends in bronchiectasis among medicare beneficiaries in the United States, 2000 to 2007.
Article in Chest, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02625246 (A Phase I, Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Potential Efficacy of Allogeneic Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell), which is not on this map. Cited by 138 papers, 19 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Phase I, Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Potential Efficacy of Allogeneic Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell (hMSC) Infusion in Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
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138 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Management of Adult Bronchiectasis: Consensus-Based Guidelines of the German Respiratory Society.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026Guideline
- Mucolytics for children with chronic suppurative lung disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of bronchiectasis in adults: a meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise training for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- The economic burden of bronchiectasis - known and unknown: a systematic review.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Head-to-head trials of antibiotics for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Dual antibiotics for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Oral versus inhaled antibiotics for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Macrolide antibiotics for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Self-management for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Positive expiratory pressure therapy versus other airway clearance techniques for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Efficiency and safety of surgical intervention to patients with Non-Cystic Fibrosis bronchiectasis: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions for enhancing adherence to treatment in adults with bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Prolonged antibiotics for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children and adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions for bronchiectasis: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Effects of long-term use of macrolides in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Pooled it
- Macrolide therapy in adults and children with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2014Pooled it
- Azithromycin or erythromycin? Macrolides for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults: A systematic review and adjusted indirect treatment comparison.Chronic respiratory diseasePooled it
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Abstract
backgroundBronchiectasis is a potentially serious condition characterized by permanent and abnormal widening of the airways, the prevalence of which is not well described. We sought to describe the trends, associated conditions, and risk factors for bronchiectasis among adults aged ≥ 65 years.
methodsA 5% sample of the Medicare outpatient claims database was analyzed for bronchiectasis trends among beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years from 2000 to 2007. Bronchiectasis was identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification claim diagnosis codes for acquired bronchiectasis. Period prevalence was used to describe sex- and race/ethnicity-specific rates, and annual prevalence was used to describe trends and age-specific rates. We estimated trends using Poisson regression and odds of bronchiectasis using multivariate logistic regression.
resultsFrom 2000 to 2007, 22,296 people had at least one claim for bronchiectasis. The 8-year period prevalence of bronchiectasis was 1,106 cases per 100,000 people. Bronchiectasis increased by 8.7% per year. We identified an interaction between the number of thoracic CT scans and race/ethnicity; period prevalence varied by a greater degree by number of thoracic CT scans among Asians compared with whites or blacks. Among people with one CT scan, Asians had a 2.5- and 3.9-fold higher period prevalence compared with whites and blacks.
conclusionsBronchiectasis prevalence increased significantly from 2000 to 2007 in the Medicare outpatient setting and varied by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. This increase could be due to a true increase in the condition or an increased recognition of previously undiagnosed cases.
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