Patients who require follow up in secondary care
Regular follow up in secondary care is recommended in patients:
- all children
- chronic colonization with P aeruginosa, opportunist mycobacteria or methicillin-resistant S aureus
- worsening bronchiectasis with declining lung function
- 3 or more exacerbations per year
- who are on oral or nebulised prophylactic antibiotic therapy
- with concomitant conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, immune deficiency, inflammatory bowel disease, primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) or allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
- with advanced disease and those who are considered for transplantation.
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