Sentences with phrase «adult cystic fibrosis»

The University of Michigan's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at U-M's Cystic Fibrosis Center supports CF patients over 21 years of age and is accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, located at the University of Michigan's Cystic Fibrosis Center is accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and was created to support patients over 21 years of age to provide dedicated, comprehensive, and coordinated care by a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals that includes doctors, nurses and other health professionals, including dieticians, social workers and physical therapists.

«Infections with progressively resistant bacteria in the lung shorten the lives of people with cystic fibrosis,» said Joseph M. Pilewski, M.D., co-director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at UPMC.

The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, has led the development and implementation of new infection control policies to reduce the risk of transmission, now adopted across the UK and elsewhere.

Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, Professor Patrick Johnston said: «Although this is good news in one sense, these figures pose a major challenge to healthcare providers in that adult cystic fibrosis services will need to be developed quickly and effectively to meet demand.

Not exact matches

The families of two children with cystic fibrosis who need new lungs but were ineligible for adult organs have successfully used the courts and public opinion to get their daughter and son on the

The scientists performed the tests in a laboratory setting using 100 different bacterial strains isolated from the lungs of pediatric cystic fibrosis patients of Seattle Children's Hospital and 42 bacterial strains isolated from hospitalized adult patients at UPMC.

Cystic fibrosis is a chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide).

Many cystic fibrosis centres are focused on paediatric care therefore if trends continue as predicted, adults living with the disease may not be able to access the specialist care they need.

Twelve patients from the Northern Ireland Adult and Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centres participated in the study.

The results showed that in the 16 countries where reliable data exists, the number of adults with cystic fibrosis is expected to increase by approximately 75 %.

Researchers have identified two new biological markers of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which affects children and young adults, leaving them with lifelong health complications including digestive problems and persistent lung infections.

Transient in utero disruption of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator causes phenotypic changes in Alveolar Type II cells in adult rats.

«CRISPR in adult stem cells has huge potential, because the genomes of adult stem cells in organoid cultures are stable,» said Gerald Schwank, first author of the cystic fibrosis report.

Meanwhile, Hans Clevers and colleagues applied CRISPR to disease correction in adult stem cells isolated from two patients with cystic fibrosis.

Many of those patients, particularly children and young adults, will develop an allergic reaction to the fungus, Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA), according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The latter was measured with the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire for teens and adults, in which domain scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores reflecting better perceived health status.9

Depression and anxiety in adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis in the UK: a cross-sectional study

Participants were adult heterosexual couples who were the caregivers of, and living with, a child between the ages of 2 and 18 years diagnosed with one of six chronic medical conditions: asthma (at least mild persistent in severity), cystic fibrosis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, phenylketonuria (PKU), inflammatory bowel disease, or spina bifida.