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Cystic Fibrosis
- Julian Allen (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
- Ronald Rubenstein (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
- Howard Panitch (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
- Pub Date
- March 2010
- Series
- Lung Biology in Health and Disease
- Volume
- 242
- Pages
- 576
- Size
- 6 x 9
- ISBN
- 9781439801819, 1439801819
This is the first source to cover the latest advances for treatment and earlier diagnosis of this chronic and potentially deadly disease. Specialists treating cystic fibrosis (CF) sufferers will find key information needed to improve and extend the lives of their patients.
Clinicians need this book to:
• note differences when testing lung function in children, adolescents, and adults
• find the best pharmacologic treatment options to improve patient quality of life and consider therapies that target the gene mutation that causes CF
• avoid and/or manage potential gastrointestinal, cardiac, and neurological complications, as well as the comorbidities of sleep disorders, liver disease, and diabetes
• recognize care systems relevant to adult patients with CF
