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Podcast: Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast
Episode: Innovations in NCFBE: Understanding the Patient Burden and Best Practices in Diagnostics
Description: In this podcast, Brett M. Elicker, MD, and David E. Griffith, MD, ATSF, FACCP, FRSM, discuss the pathophysiology of non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE), the patient burden, and best practices with diagnosing NCFBE, including:The vicious vortex of NCFBE (ie, airway dysfunction, inflammation, infection)Cough as the most significant symptom and burdenImaging bronchiectasis with classic and inflammatory findingsDifferentiating the causes of NCFBE to inform patient carePresentersBrett M. Elicker, MDProfessor of Clinical RadiologyChief, Cardiothoracic Imaging DivisionDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical ImagingUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan Fr...