RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Bronchiectasis and COPD are associated conditions but misdiagnosis is believed to be common. A recently published international consensus definition of bronchiectasis (BE) and COPD association: The ROSE criteria (radiological bronchiectasis(R), obstruction: FEV1/FVC ratio<0.7 (O), symptoms (S) and exposure:
- Polverino, E.
- De Soyza, A.
- Dimakou, K.
- Traversi, L.
- Bossios, A.
- Crichton, M. L.
- Ringshausen, F. C.
- Vendrell, M.
- Burgel, P. R.
- Haworth, C. S.
- Loebinger, M. R.
- Lorent, N.
- Pink, I.
- McDonnell, M.
- Skrgat, S.
- Carro, L. M.
- Sibila, O.
- van der Eerden, M.
- Kauppi, P.
- Shoemark, A.
- Amorim, A.
- Brown, J. S.
- Hurst, J. R.
- Miravitlles, M.
- Menendez, R.
- Torres, A.
- Welte, T.
- Blasi, F.
- Altenburg, J.
- Shteinberg, M.
- Boersma, W.
- Elborn, S. J.
- Goeminne, P. C.
- Aliberti, S.
- Chalmers, J. D.
Keywords
- Copd
- bronchiectasis
- exacerbations
- mortality
- spirometry