bronchiectasis initial workup

• related: chronic bronchiectasis
• tags: #permanent

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History

• Asthma, copd
• GERD
• connective tissue disease
• HIV/AIDS
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• IBD hx

Labs

• All: CBC, immunoglobulins, PFT, CT, sputum, AFB
• focal bronchiectasis: bronchoscopy
• diffuse bronchiectasis: guided by hx
  • AFB
  • sweat chloride
  • alpha-1-antitrypsin
  • GERD workup: pH monitor, barium swallow, EGD
  • ciliary testing: cilia biopsy, nasal nitric oxide
  • aspergillus and ABPA testing
  • autoimmune workup: IgM, A, G; total IgE, specific IgE/G, aspergillus fumigatus workup
  • immune deficiency workup¹

Links to this note

• chronic bronchiectasis
  • bronchiectasis initial workup

Footnotes

1. Bronchiectasis Lecture by Jennifer Krall? ↩