Objective sputum colour assessment and clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis: data from the European Bronchiectasis Registry (EMBARC).
Stefano AlibertiFelix C C RingshausenRaja DharCharles S HaworthMichael R LoebingerKaterina DimakouMegan L CrichtonAnthony De SoyzaMontse VendrellPierre Regis BurgelMelissa J McDonnellSabina SkrgatLuis Maiz CarroAndres de RouxOriol SibilaApostolos BossiosMenno van der EerdenPaula KauppiRobert WilsonBranislava MilenkovicRosario MenendezMarlene MurrisSermin BorekciOxana MunteanuDusanka ObradovicAdam NowinskiAdelina AmorimAntoní TorresNatalie LorentEva Van BraeckelJosje AltenburgAmelia ShoemarkMichal ShteinbergWim BoersmaPieter C GoeminneJ Stuart ElbornAdam T HillTobias WelteFrancesco BlasiEva PolverinoJames D Chalmersnull nullPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2024)
Sputum colour is a simple marker of disease severity and future risk of exacerbations, severe exacerbations and mortality in patients with bronchiectasis.