Clinical profile and aetiology of bronchiectasis

Background: bronchiectasis is a complex suppurative airway disease with multifarious etiologies and prodigious sequelae and complications. hence we conducted a study pertaining to the same to obtain a better comprehension of its profile. aim and objectives: to study the demography,etiological factors,clinical presentations and complications in patients with bronchiectasis. material and methods: prospective observational study conducted in the pulmonary medicine department of a tertiary health care center in mumbai after institutional ethics committee approval. results: fifty patients were included. mean age was 34.8 years with a male preponderance. chronic productive sputum was most common symptom while digital clubbing and crackles were the most common examination findings. radiology played a key role in diagnosis with high resolution computed tomography (hrct) of the chest proving to be more sensitive than chest x-ray. post infectious causes dominated the etiology followed by inherited causes,post obstructive and miscellaneous causes. conclusion: obstructive abnormality was the most common spirometric pattern. respiratory failure was a complication observed only in cases associated with small airway disease. © journal of krishna institute of medical sciences university.