Cystic fibrosis in Australia, 2009: Results from a data registry

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 396-400

  Bell, Scott C ^a   Bye, Peter T P ^b   Cooper, Peter J ^c   Martin, A James ^d   McKay, Karen O ^c   Robinson, Phillip J ^e   Ryan, Gerard F ^f   Sims, Geoff C ^g  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856377967     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10719     Document Type: Article

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