IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-8-4-18932 Original Research Paper PREVALENCE OF BRONCHIECTASIS IN COPD PATIENTS Vikash Kumar Dr. April 2019 8 4 01 02 ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND : – COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality world¬wide and results in an economic and social burden to individual and the Community. Exacerbations and co–morbidities leads to the overall severity in individual patients. Different studies have shown that the presence of bronchiectasis is associated with colonization with pathogenic bacteria especially Pseudomonas and may be a predictor of exacerbations. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : To study the prevalence of prevalence of bronchiectasis in COPD patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD : This study was done on COPD patients diagnosed in NMCH, Jamuhar between November 2017 and February 2019. All COPD cases were subjected to HRCT thorax. Diagnosis of bronchiectasis was done from HRCT thorax. CONCLUSION : – the prevalence of bronchiectasis in COPD patients in our study came out to be 9.75%. In male it came to be 10.2% while in female it came to be 9.09%.