ATS Bronchiectasis Primer [PDF Download]

Overview:

This digital primer is intended to serve as a tool to clinicians by highlighting the key areas of bronchiectasis treatment such as diagnosis and evaluation, exacerbation definition and management, therapies (nonpharmacological, pharmacological, adjunct), monitoring the clinical course of the disease, and multidisciplinary care.

Funding for this project was provided by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

This book is available as an e-Book (PDF download only).  Printed copies are not available.

 

Chapters Include 

  • Definition  
  • Epidemiology  
  • Clinical presentation 
  • Etiology of bronchiectasis
  • Guideline-based principles
  • Initial diagnostic evaluation
  • When to consider bronchiectasis
  • Exacerbation definition and management
  • Nonpharmacological therapy
  • Pharmacological therapy
  • Dealing with hemoptysis
  • Multidisciplinary care
  • When to consider lung transplantation referral
Course summary
Publication Date: 
06/30/2026
Credit Expires: 
06/30/2027
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Authors

Anne E. O’Donnell, MD
The Nehemiah and Naomi Cohen Chair
in Pulmonary Disease Research
Professor of Medicine
Interim Chair, Department of
Medicine Chief
Division of Pulmonary,
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington DC


Ashley Losier, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care,
and Sleep Medicine
Yale University,
New Haven, CT


Meghan Marmor, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Quality,
Division of Pulmonary Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA


Wael Elmaraachli, MD
Associate Clinical
Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Diego Health,
San Diego, CA


Co-editors


Maria Padilla, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director,
Advanced Lung Disease Program,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY


Martin Kolb, MD PhD
Director, Division of Respirology
Jack Gauldie Boehringer Ingelheim
Chair in Interstitial Lung Disease
Professor, Department of Medicine,
McMaster University
Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health,
Hamilton, ON, Canada


Jesse Roman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy,
Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine,
Atlanta, GA

Accreditation Statement

The American Thoracic Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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