Open AccessEvidence of an Acinar Response following Treatment for Exacerbation in Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Author(s) -
Eef Vanderhelst,
Liesbeth De Meirleir,
Daniël Schuermans,
Anne Malfroot,
Walter Vincken,
Sylvia Verbanck
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000360772
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic fibrosis , exacerbation , fibrosis , pathology , gastroenterology
Treating acute infectious exacerbations in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with intravenous antibiotic therapy leads to variability in lung function and the ventilation distribution response. Part of the variable lung clearance index (LCI) response could be associated with the variable peripheral effects of intravenous antibiotic administration.