[Clinical case of the month. An elderly patient with bronchiectasis: a case report].
This case report describes a geriatric patient suffering from infected bronchiectasis and severe denutrition. This pathology is common and its treatment clearly defined, but an adapted and specific therapeutic approach, consisting in a global assessment and geriatric multidisciplinary interventions should be performed because of the frailty of the patient. This approach has result in a favorable issue for the patient.
Massin
Y
Y
Universite de Liège, Belgique.
Allepaerts
S
S
Garweg
C H
CH
Petermans
J
J
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications