TY - JOUR T1 - The bronchiectasis severity index and FACED score for bronchiectasis JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 382 LP - 384 DO - 10.1183/13993003.01717-2015 VL - 47 IS - 2 AU - Wei-jie Guan AU - Rong-chang Chen AU - Nan-shan Zhong Y1 - 2016/02/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/47/2/382.abstract N2 - Bronchiectasis is a chronic airway disease which is associated with cough, sputum production, haemoptysis and/or other distressing symptoms, resulting from various aetiologies [1–4]. The vicious cycle, which consists of airway infection, airway inflammation and structural damage, predominates in the pathogenesis and progression of bronchiectasis [5]. Despite the disappointingly limited number of effective treatment approaches and evidence-based management recommendations, it is imperative to evaluate disease severity meticulously so that better therapeutic outcomes can be achieved.The BSI and FACED scores have complementary roles in the assessment of the severity of bronchiectasis http://ow.ly/Ui7IB ER -