Clinical Impact of the Bronchiectasis with Chronic Bronchitis Symptoms in COPD: Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort.
Eun-Kyung KimMi-Ae KimJae Seung LeeSang Min LeeSoyeoun LimJisoo ParkJung-Hyun KimYeon-Mok OhSang-Do LeeSe Hee LeeJi-Hyun Leenull nullPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2021)
BE accompanying CB symptoms is associated with AE-COPD, while BE alone was not significantly associated. This finding suggests that it is more important to examine chronic bronchitis symptoms of BE to predict acute exacerbation than simply to identify BE in COPD patients.