Paediatric
Symposium
Cystic fibrosis: not just for the specialists
Aims : To describe the specific treatment of the chloride channel basic defect by using new therapies (e.g., ivacaftor), the emergency care of a CF patient who is admitted to a non-CF centre, how to overcome diagnostic dilemmas in CF, thereby ensuring that patients are not incorrectly diagnosed with non-CF bronchiectasis and recent advances regarding selection criteria and outcomes in lung transplantation.
08:30
The chloride channel: pathology and specific therapy
J. Davies(London, United Kingdom)
COI
1
4742
09:00
Diagnostic dilemmas: is it really non-CF bronchiectasis?
N. Derichs(Berlin, Germany)
COI
2
4743
09:30
Emergency CF care: what a non-CF specialist needs to know
H. Heijerman(Utrecht, Netherlands)
COI
3
4744
10:00
Lung transplantation: selection criteria and outcomes
4
4745
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