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Bronchiectasis is a chronic pulmonary disease characterized by the permanent
dilatation of the airways, with recurrent infections.
As the disease progresses,
extrapulmonary symptoms manifest. If the patient with bronchiectasis has an
underlying central nervous system disease such as cerebral palsy (CP),
extrapulmonary functions decline faster. The co-occurrence of these 2 diseases
may make care more complex, and there have been no reports about pulmonary
rehabilitation (PR) in this class of patients. Here, we present a patient with
bronchiectasis and underlying CP who showed marked improvement of pulmonary
function and clinical symptoms after 6 weeks of a patient-specific intensive PR
program. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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