ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2016
Bronchodilator response in adults with bronchiectasis: correlation with clinical parameters and prognostic implications.
Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01761214 (Bacteriology and Sputum and Systemic Inflammation in Steady-state, Acute Exacerbation and Recovery of Bronchiectasis), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Bacteriology and Sputum and Systemic Inflammation in Steady-state, Acute Exacerbation and Recovery of Bronchiectasis
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Bronchodilator response as an independent predictor of severity in bronchiectasis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Assessment of Bronchodilator Response in Patients with CF and Non-CF Bronchiectasis-A Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical outcomes of long-term inhaled combination therapies in patients with bronchiectasis and airflow obstruction.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- Endobronchial optical coherence tomography or computed tomography for evaluating progression of bronchiectasis.ERJ open research · 2023Article
- Reversible Bronchial Obstruction in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Research advances and clinical management of bronchiectasis: Chinese perspective.ERJ open research · 2022Review
- The Role of Impulse Oscillometry in Evaluating Disease Severity and Predicting the Airway Reversibility in Patients With Bronchiectasis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Bronchiectasis is Associated with All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2021Article
- Effects of treatment with long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) and long-acting beta-agonists (LABA) on lung function improvement in patients with bronchiectasis: an observational study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Quantitative computed tomography features and clinical manifestations associated with the extent of bronchiectasis in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2018Article
- Patients hospitalized with an infective exacerbation of bronchiectasis unrelated to cystic fibrosis: Clinical, physiological and sputum characteristics.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2017Article
- Latin America validation of FACED score in patients with bronchiectasis: an analysis of six cohorts.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2017Article
- Suspecting non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: What the busy primary care clinician needs to know.International journal of clinical practice · 2017Review
- Global impact of bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2016Review
- Effects of long-term bronchodilators in bronchiectasis patients with airflow limitation based on bronchodilator response at baseline.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2016Article
- Functional impairment in bronchiectasis: Spirometry parameters versus St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire scores: Any co-relation?Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundBronchial dilation testing is an important tool to assess airway reversibility in adults with bronchiectasis. This study aims to investigate the association of bronchodilator response (BDR) and clinical parameters in bronchiectasis, and the utility of BDR to indicate lung function decline and risks of bronchiectasis exacerbations (BEs).
methodsWe recruited 129 patients with clinically stable bronchiectasis. Baseline measurements included assessment of sputum inflammation and matrix metalloproteinase-8 and -9, sputum bacterial culture, spirometry, bronchial dilation test (for baseline FEV1 less than 80% predicted only) and chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). Bronchiectasis patients were followed-up for 1 year to determine the incidence of BEs and lung function trajectories. Significant BDR was defined as FEV1 improvement from pre-dose value by at least 200 mL and 12%. Clinical trial registry No.: NCT01761214; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.
resultsBDR was negatively correlated with baseline FEV1 percentage predicted, but not blood or sputum eosinophil count. Significant BDR was not associated with greater proportion of never-smokers, poorer past history, greater HRCT scores, poorer diffusing capacity or increased sputum matrix metalloproteinases (all P>0.05). There was a trend towards higher bronchiectasis severity index (BSI) and greater proportion of patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation or infection. Significant BDR at baseline was linked to poorer spirometry, but not more rapid lung function decline, throughout follow-up. Patients with significant BDR demonstrated non-significantly lower risks of experiencing the first BEs than those without (P=0.09 for log-rank test).
conclusionsSignificant BDR is associated with poorer lung function compared with non-significant BDR. Whether BDR predicts future risks of BEs needs to be tested in a larger cohort.
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