Exacerbation frequency and clinical outcomes in adult patients with cystic fibrosis

BackgroundDespite advances in treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), pulmonary exacerbations remain common. The aim of this study was to determine if frequent pulmonary exacerbations are associated with greater declines in lung function, or an accelerated time to death or lung transplantation in adults...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 2011-08, Vol.66 (8), p.680-685
Hauptverfasser:	de Boer, Kaïssa, Vandemheen, Katherine L, Tullis, Elizabeth, Doucette, Steve, Fergusson, Dean, Freitag, Andreas, Paterson, Nigel, Jackson, Mary, Lougheed, M Diane, Kumar, Vijay, Aaron, Shawn D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adults Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics bacterial infection Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Cardiology. Vascular system Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical epidemiology Clinical outcomes Cystic fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis - complications Cystic Fibrosis - mortality Cystic Fibrosis - physiopathology Cystic Fibrosis - surgery Diabetes Disease Progression Epidemiologic Methods Errors of metabolism Female Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology Hospitals Humans Injections, Intravenous lung transplant Lung Transplantation Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Miscellaneous hereditary metabolic disorders Ontario - epidemiology Opportunistic Infections - complications Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy Patient Selection Pneumology Prognosis pulmonary function tests Pulmonary infection Sex Factors Studies Survival analysis Transplants & implants Young Adult
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