Having a chronic respiratory infection in addition to bronchiectasis heightened the risk for an exacerbation and hospitalization within 2 years of diagnosis, according to results published in BMC ...

Being overweight or obese may lower all-cause mortality risks in non–cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis patients, while ...

In summary, bronchiectasis complications include frequent exacerbations, cardiovascular events, hemoptysis, nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections, respiratory failure, and even death.

Participants with suspected bronchiectasis had a 15% higher risk for 10-year mortality compared with those without airway thickening (difference in mortality probability, 0.15; 95% CI, 0.09 to 0.21).