Researchers have created a new scoring tool based on the identification of several factors that can predict bronchiectasis in patients with uncontrolled asthma, according to a recent study.
In particular, they found that severity of asthma, the presence of chronic expectoration, previous episodes of pneumonia, and lower levels of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) can be independent predictive factors of bronchiectasis in patients with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma (USMA).
Based on these four variables — FeNO, Pneumonia, Expectoration and asthma Severity — researchers proposed the NOPES scoring system, an easy, predictive tool for bronchiectasis in these patients.
“The NOPES score is an easy-to-use scoring system with a high prognostic value for bronchiectasis in patients with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma,” the researchers wrote.
