Arietta Spinou, Beatriz Hererro-Cortina, Stefano Aliberti, Pieter C Goeminne, Eva Polverino, Katerina Dimakou, Charles S Haworth, Michael R Loebinger, Anthony De Soyza, Montserrat Vendrell, Pierre Regis Burgel, Melissa McDonnell, Sivagurunathan Sutharsan, Sabina Skrgat, Luiz Maiz-Carro, Oriol Sibila, Daiana Stolz, Paula Kauppi, Apostolos Bossios, Adam T Hill, Ian Clifton, Megan L Crichton, Paul Walker, Rosario Menendez, Sermin Borecki, Dusanka Obradovic, Adam Nowinski, Adelina Amorim, Antoni Torres, Natalie Lorent, Tobias Welte, Francesco Blasi, Mateja Jankovic Makek, Michal Shteinberg, Wim Boersma, J Stuart Elborn, James D Chalmers, Felix C Ringshausen
BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend airway clearance management as one of the important pillars of bronchiectasis treatment. However, the extent to which airway clearance is used for people with bronchiectasis in Europe is unclear. The aim of the study was to identify the use of airway clearance management in patients with bronchiectasis across different countries and factors influencing airway clearance use. METHODS: Prospective observational study using data from the EMBARC Registry between January 2015 and April 2022...
April 12, 2024: European Respiratory Journal