BACKGROUND Information concerning complementary feeding (CF) practice during infancy and early childhood is still scarce in Bangladesh. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the level of CF among children of 6-23 months and identify individual, household and community level determinants in Bangladesh. METHODS Secondary data from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) 2011 was used....

BACKGROUND An altered distribution of fatty acids in cells and tissues is found in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In this study, we assessed the potential role of plasma fatty acid analysis in the diagnosis of CF. METHODS In this 2-part study, we first used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to analyze fatty acids in plasma from 13 CF patients and 11 controls without CF. We then used t...

BACKGROUND Induced sputum (IS) has been proposed as a non-invasive alternative to bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for the assessment and monitoring of airways inflammation. The aim of this study was to compare both methods in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The possible differences between subjects with CF, mild asthma and healthy volunteers (HV) was also assessed. METHOD In a single centre,...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of pregnancy on pulmonary function and survival in women with cystic fibrosis (CF) and to assess the fetal outcome. DESIGN Cohort study. The data analyzed were collected from the Toronto CF database, chart review, and patient questionnaire. SETTING Tertiary-care center. PATIENTS All women with CF who, at the time of diagnosis or pregnancy, attended the Toron...

OBJECTIVES To assess the occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing, hypoxemia, and sleep architecture in a cohort of infants and children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and normal or mildly impaired lung function in stable clinical condition. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Cystic Fibrosis Unit of a university hospital and pediatric sleep laboratory. PARTICIPANTS A total of 40 children (aged...

Pandoraea is an emerging respiratory pathogen capable of causing chronic lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), but the clinical significance of this infection is ambiguous. We have sequenced and annotated the genomes of two multidrug-resistant Pandoraea pnomenusa isolates recovered 11 months apart from the same CF patient.