Bronchiectasis

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• GuidelinesBronchiectasisStandard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Hospital Level, Adults 2019 Edition
• GuidelinesBronchiectasisDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Surgical treatment Role of chemoprophylaxis Referral ICD-10 code: J47 DESCRIPTION Irreversible dilatation of the subsegmental airways, inflammatory destruction of bronchial and peribronchial tissue, and accumulation of exudative material in dependent bronchi that occurs as a result of recurrent bacterial infe