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Bronchiectasis: not all coughs and dyspnoeas are COPD!
Publication details
Ahsen Nazir MBBS, Nazir Khan MBBS, Damian John McKeon MRCP, BSc(hons), PhD (cantab)
Foundation Years Journal, volume 3, issue 6, p.36 (123Doc Education, London, July 2009)
Abstract
We are presenting two different patients with similar pulmonary condition but with different underlying aetiologies. In one patient, the condition was diagnosed and then managed. The other patient was already known to have the condition and presented with one of its complications.
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Authors
Ahsen Nazir MBBS
Thoracic Training Fellow
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Bangor
Gwynedd
Nazir Khan MBBS
Foundation Year 1
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Bangor
Gwynedd
Damian John McKeon MRCP, BSc(hons), PhD (cantab)
Senior Lecturer Respiratory Medicine Ysbyty Gwynedd
and Bangor University
References
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4. Pasteur MC, Helliwell SM, Houghton SJ, Webb SC, Foweraker JE, Coulden RA, Flower CD, Bilton D and Keogan MT. An Investigation into Causative Factors in Patients with Bronchiectasis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med, October 2000, 162(4):1277–1284.
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