EC Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine

Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory condition, pathologically characterized by permanent, abnormal dilatation of the airways with destruction of their walls. This results in the development of persistent and recurrent chronic respiratory tract infections due to impaired mucociliary clearance. Bronchiectasis results in increased morbidity and poor quality of life in patients afflicted by this condition with an increasing risk of mortality seen in patients with progressive bronchiectasis which is unresponsive to treatment.