%0 Journal Article %T Bronquiectasias en pediatr¨ªa, aproximaci¨®n diagn¨®stica y tratamiento %A ¨¢lvarez Caro %A Francisco %A G¨®mez Farp¨®n %A ¨¢ngela %A Ruiz del ¨¢rbol S¨¢nchez %A Paloma %A de Miguel Mall¨¦n %A Ma ¨¢ngeles %A ¨¢lvarez Berciano %A Francisco %J Archivos argentinos de pediatr£¿-a %D 2012 %I Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria %R 10.5546/aap.2012.52 %X bronchiectasis is still an important health problem in both, developed and developing countries. cystic fibrosis is one of the most important causes, but a great variety of other causes makes non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis a relatively frequent diagnosis. early diagnosis based on medical history and radiological confrmation is only the starting point to determine the specifc etiology, in order to establish a treatment focused on the underlying cause. for this purpose, an orderly and systematic diagnostic evaluation is required. a review article about bronchiectasis, particularly those not related to cystic fibrosis, is presented. %K bronchiectasis %K cystic fibrosis %K antibiotics %K bronchial infection %K diagnosis. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0325-00752012000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en