Adult Patients With Bronchiectasis: A First Look at the US Bronchiectasis Research Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We sought to describe the characteristics of adult patients with bronchiectasis enrolled in the US Bronchiectasis Research Registry (BRR).

Methods

The BRR is a database of patients with non-cystic-fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) enrolled at 13 sites in the United States. Baseline demographic, spirometric, imaging, microbiological, and therapeutic data were entered into a central Internet-based database. Patients were subsequently analyzed by the presence of NTM.

Results

We enrolled 1,826 patients between 2008 and 2014. Patients were predominantly women (79%), white (89%), and never smokers (60%), with a mean age of 64 ± 14 years. Sixty-three percent of the patients had a history of NTM disease or NTM isolated at baseline evaluation for entry into the BRR. Pa

SUBMITTER: Aksamit TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6026266 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature