Standardised classification of the aetiology of bronchiectasis using an objective algorithm

David Araújo¹, Michal Shteinberg², Stefano Aliberti^{3

4}, Pieter C Goeminne^{5

6}, Adam T Hill⁷, Tom Fardon⁸, Dusanka Obradovic⁹, Katerina Dimakou¹⁰, Eva Polverino^{11

12}, Anthony De Soyza^{13

14}, Melissa J McDonnell^{14

15}, James D Chalmers¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonology Dept, São João Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal.
² Pulmonary Institute, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
³ Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan Milan, Italy.
⁴ Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Respiratory Disease, UZ Leuven, Belgium.
⁷ Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁸ Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
⁹ Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica and Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
¹⁰ 5th Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹¹ Thorax Institute, Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Pulmonary Division, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Adult Bronchiectasis Service and Sir William Leech Centre for Lung Research, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Heaton, UK.
¹⁴ Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.
¹⁶ Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK jchalmers@dundee.ac.uk.

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David Araújo et al. Eur Respir J. 2017.

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. 2017 Dec 14;50(6):1701289.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.01289-2017. Print 2017 Dec.

¹ Pulmonology Dept, São João Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal.
² Pulmonary Institute, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
³ Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan Milan, Italy.
⁴ Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Respiratory Disease, UZ Leuven, Belgium.
⁷ Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁸ Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
⁹ Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina Sremska Kamenica and Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
¹⁰ 5th Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹¹ Thorax Institute, Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Pulmonary Division, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Adult Bronchiectasis Service and Sir William Leech Centre for Lung Research, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Heaton, UK.
¹⁴ Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.
¹⁶ Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK jchalmers@dundee.ac.uk.

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