Cystic fibrosis in adults: A changing scene

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 491-495

  Blau, Hannah ^a,b   Livne, Moshe ^a,b   Mussaffi, Huda ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adults; Cystic fibrosis; Multidisciplinary team; Prognosis; Transitioning

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ORAL ANTIBIOTICS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOPTYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0043067998     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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