Consideration of sinonasal disease in bronchiectasis
| Importance of upper airway | Value of upper airway assessment |
| Morbidity attached to upper airways disease | Reduction in inflammation may improve quality of life |
| Similar mucosal surfaces and inflammatory response | Potential marker of lower airway disease |
| Potential site for future research to assess drug responses | |
| Treatment may reduce lower respiratory inflammation | |
| Paranasal sinuses and nose may act as reservoir for respiratory pathogens | Pseudomonas eradication regimens may require sinonasal elimination |
| Treatment of sinonasal disease may reduce frequency of lower respiratory infection | |
| Treatment for lung transplant patients may reduce recolonisation of transplanted lung |