359 Use of radiological tools in French cystic fibrosis centers: A national survey

Adherence to the 2007 cystic fibrosis pulmonary guidelines: a national survey of CF care centers.

OBJECTIVE To examine cystic fibrosis (CF) physician adherence to the 2007 CF Foundation (CFF) Pulmonary Guidelines for Chronic Medications. Specifically adherence and barriers to prescribing level A medication recommendations (i.e., inhaled tobramycin and dornase alfa) and level B medication recommendations (i.e., macrolide antibiotics and hypertonic saline) were studied. METHODS During Sprin...

Radiological Features of Cystic Fibrosis

ECCO2R, a french national survey

Introduction ECCO2R (extracorporeal dioxide carbon removal) is an extracorporeal decarboxylation technology described in 1978. Physiological studies showed that 50% of produced CO2 were eliminated. Potential indications are: ultra-protective mechanical ventilation (MV) for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and hypercapnic patients at risk of failure of noninvasive ventilation (NIV). Be...

Genotypic analysis of Burkholderia cepacia isolates from 13 French cystic fibrosis centers.

Burkholderia cepacia has been involved in outbreaks of pulmonary infection among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and the spread of a highly transmissible clone has been reported throughout the United Kingdom and Canada. These data prompted a DNA-based typing study of the strains recovered in French CF centers. Ninety-five isolates recovered from 71 patients attending 13 CF centers in 9 regi...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and European Cystic Fibrosis Society Survey of cystic fibrosis mental health care delivery.

BACKGROUND Psychological morbidity in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their caregivers is common. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Guidelines Committee on Mental Health sought the views of CF health care professionals concerning mental health care delivery. METHODS An online survey which focused on the current provision and barriers to...