TY - JOUR
T1 - The Saudi Thoracic Society guidelines for diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
AU - Al-Jahdali, Hamdan
AU - Alshimemeri, Abdullah
AU - Mobeireek, Abdullah
AU - Albanna, Amr
AU - Al Shirawi, Nehad
AU - Wali, Siraj
AU - Alkattan, Khaled
AU - Alrajhi, Abdulrahman
AU - Mobaireek, Khalid
AU - Alorainy, Hassan
AU - Al-Hajjaj, Mohamed
AU - Chang, Anne
AU - Aliberti, Stefano
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - This is the first guideline developed by the Saudi Thoracic Society for the diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Local experts including pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, thoracic surgeons, respiratory therapists, and others from adult and pediatric departments provided the best practice evidence recommendations based on the available international and local literature. The main objective of this guideline is to utilize the current published evidence to develop recommendations about management of bronchiectasis suitable to our local health-care system and available resources. We aim to provide clinicians with tools to standardize the diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis. This guideline targets primary care physicians, family medicine practitioners, practicing internists and respiratory physicians, and all other health-care providers involved in the care of the patients with bronchiectasis.
AB - This is the first guideline developed by the Saudi Thoracic Society for the diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Local experts including pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, thoracic surgeons, respiratory therapists, and others from adult and pediatric departments provided the best practice evidence recommendations based on the available international and local literature. The main objective of this guideline is to utilize the current published evidence to develop recommendations about management of bronchiectasis suitable to our local health-care system and available resources. We aim to provide clinicians with tools to standardize the diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis. This guideline targets primary care physicians, family medicine practitioners, practicing internists and respiratory physicians, and all other health-care providers involved in the care of the patients with bronchiectasis.
KW - Bronchiectasis
KW - cystic fibrosis
KW - Saudi
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85025126392&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4103/atm.ATM_171_17
DO - 10.4103/atm.ATM_171_17
M3 - Article
C2 - 28808486
AN - SCOPUS:85025126392
SN - 1817-1737
VL - 12
SP - 135
EP - 161
JO - Annals of Thoracic Medicine
JF - Annals of Thoracic Medicine
IS - 3
ER -
