Draft BTS Quality Standards for Clinically Significant Bronchiectasis in Adults are available for public consultation from 8 May - 11 June 2012.
Download the Quality Standards document here.
Comments should be sent to sally.welham@brit-thoracic.org.uk by Monday 11 June 2012.
The BTS Guideline for non-CF Bronchiectasis was published as a supplement to the July 2010 issue of Thorax (Volume 65, Supplement 1) and is available from the link below.
Guideline
Please contact sally.welham@brit-thoracic for a copy of the appendix.
Erratum
BTS Guideline for non-CF Bronchiectasis, Thorax 2010;65, Supplement 1, page 50, Appendix 1
The formula given at the top of column 2, page 50 should read:
Cr Cl (ml/min)= (140-age (years)*IBW (Kg)/ Serum creatinine (micromol/L)*1.23 (male) or * 1.04 (females)
Use IBW unless weight is less than IBW and then use actual body weight
June 2011
Erratum
Please note that the correct reference number 388 (pg i29) is as follows:
O’ConnorC, Bridge P. Can the interrupter technique be used as an outcome measure for autogenic drainage in bronchiectatic patients? A pilot study. J Assoc Chartered Physiother Resp Care 2005;37:29–34.
http://www.acprc.org.uk/dmdocuments/journal372005.pdf
Quick Reference Guide
The Quick Reference Guideline contains a summary of the Guideline recommendations.
Audit
An audit tool for bronchiectasis (secondary care) is available on the BTS audit system