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Cystic fibrosis: An update for clinicians. Part 1: Nutrition and gastrointestinal complications
Author(s) -
Haller Wolfram,
Ledder Oren,
Lewindon Peter J,
Couper Richard,
Gaskin Kevin J,
Oliver Mark
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/jgh.12546
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic fibrosis , intensive care medicine , demographics , gastrointestinal disease , disease , multisystem disease , pediatrics , pathology , demography , sociology
During three decades, the demographics of cystic fibrosis ( CF ) has undergone a significant change. Advances in nutritional and pulmonary management allow the vast majority of patients reaching adulthood today. With increasing survival, new and previously less common aspects of CF are encountered by the clinician expanding the concept of CF as a multisystem disease. The first part of this two‐part review will focus on the nutritional and gastrointestinal aspects of the CF phenotype and outline core principles of diagnosis and care.