Clinical case of the month. An elderly patient with bronchiectasis: a case report
Massin, Y.; Allepaerts, S.; Garweg, C.H.; Petermans, J.
Revue medicale de Liege 62(11): 659-662
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X PMID: 18217641 Document Number: 610235
This case report describes a geriatric patient suffering from infected bronchiectasis and severe denutrition. This pathology is common and its treatment clearly defined, but an adapted and specific therapeutic approach, consisting in a global assessment and geriatric multidisciplinary interventions should be performed because of the frailty of the patient. This approach has result in a favorable issue for the patient.