title: Nursing patients with bronchiectasis: part one.
abstract: Alan Peres describes the epidemiology and pathophysiology of bronchiectasis, its most common clinical manifestations and the nursing assessment of patients who have it.
authors.affiliation: Royal Brompton and Harefiled NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peres
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D015984:Causality; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D012720:Severity of Illness Index