TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence of bronchiectasis in an inpatient respiratory service JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA2618 VL - 46 IS - suppl 59 SP - PA2618 AU - Philip George AU - Peter Holmes AU - Paul King Y1 - 2015/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA2618.abstract N2 - Introduction: Bronchiectasis is recognized to be an important respiratory condition with a significant burden of disease. The prevalence of this condition is still not well defined however, particularly in inpatient populations with their high utilization of health services.Aims and objectives: To define the prevalence of bronchiectasis in an inpatient respiratory service.Methods: We performed a retrospective study over 6 months to assess the prevalence and clinical features of bronchiectasis in a respiratory inpatient unit.Results: Patients were excluded if they had a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and 439 patients were identified of whom 285 had a CT scan. The results of the CT scans were reviewed and bronchiectasis was reported to be present in 75 patients (26% of the patients who had had CTs). The subjects with bronchiectasis had a high incidence of potentially pathogenic airway microorganisms resistant to first-line antibiotics (45%). The majority of patients who had bronchiectasis present on CT scans did not have this documented in the medical file (58/75 or 77%).Conclusions: In this study we found that bronchiectasis was common in inpatients in a respiratory unit and this was associated with a high prevalence of resistant airway pathogens and was generally not recognized by the treating medical team. ER -