Exacerbation frequency and clinical outcomes in adult patients with cystic fibrosis

Boér, Katalin; L. Vandemheen, Katherine; Tullis, Elizabeth; Doucette, Steve; Fergusson, Dean; Freitag, Andreas; Paterson, N.A.M.; Jackson, Mary; Diane Lougheed, M.; Kumar, Vijay; D. Aaron, Shawn

doi:10.1136/thx.2011.161117

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Exacerbation frequency and clinical outcomes in adult patients with cystic fibrosis

Published in Thorax • Jun 15, 2011

Authors:

Katalin Boér

Katherine L. Vandemheen

Elizabeth Tullis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite 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 adult...

Subject

Medicine

Exacerbation

Internal medicine

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