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Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor as rescue therapy in a patient with the cystic fibrosis genotype F508DEL/G1244E

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) is a cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane regulator (CFTR) modulator. It is known to be efficacious in stable patients with severe pneumopathy, but there are few data concerning its effectiveness during acute ...
Donatello Salvatore   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recombinant truncated latency-associated peptide alleviates liver fibrosis in vitro and in vivo via inhibition of TGF-β/Smad pathway

open access: yesMolecular Medicine, 2022
Background Liver fibrosis is a progressive liver injury response. Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) is oversecreted during liver fibrosis and promotes the development of liver fibrosis.
Xudong Song   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cystic fibrosis

open access: yesThe Lancet, 1998
OBJECTIVE: Due to the great advances recently achieved in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis as well as to the fact that pediatricians need to have a better understanding of this disease, the authors propose an extensive review of the subject. METHODS: We selected the most outstanding publications on Cystic Fibrosis in the international literature of the
B J, Rosenstein, P L, Zeitlin
openaire   +4 more sources

Paraquat ingestion in an adult with cystic fibrosis (CF): Diagnostic and management dilemmas

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, 2023
N,N'‐dimethyl‐4,4'bipyridinium dichloride (Paraquat) is a potent herbicide used widely in agriculture. We report the effects of an ingestion of paraquat by a 28 year old male with cystic fibrosis and the diagnostic and management challenges this posed in
Ieuan E. S. Evans   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guía de Práctica Clínica para el manejo nutricional de personas con Fibrosis Quística (GPC-FQ)

open access: yesRevista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, 2017
La fibrosis quística (FQ) es una enfermedad multiorgánica, hereditaria, autosómica y recesiva cuyos problemas más frecuentes están relacionados con las alteraciones de los pulmones y del páncreas exocrino.
María Garriga   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of the Simeox® Airway Clearance Technology in the Homecare Treatment of Children with Clinically Stable Cystic Fibrosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients require regular airway clearance therapy (ACT). The aim of this study was to evaluate homecare therapeutic effects of a new ACT (Simeox®) added to the optimal standard of care, including home chest physiotherapy,
Dorota Sands   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Malignancies in patients with cystic fibrosis: a case series

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Previous reports have shown an increased number of colorectal cancers in patients with cystic fibrosis. We assessed the database of our cystic fibrosis center to identify patients with all kinds of cancer retrospectively. All patients visiting
Dorothea Appelt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prokaryotic expression, purification and evaluation of anti-cardiac fibrosis activity of recombinant TGF-β latency associated peptide [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2022
Background Cardiac fibrosis refers to the abnormal accumulation of extracellular matrix in the heart, which leads to the formation of cardiac scars. It causes systolic and diastolic dysfunction, and ultimately leads to cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmia.
Xudong Song   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Virtual Peer Support for People With Cystic Fibrosis and Their Family Members: A Program Evaluation

open access: yesJournal of Patient Experience, 2020
We sought to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and benefits of a virtual one-to-one peer support program for people with cystic fibrosis and their family members through a retrospective program evaluation.
Aimee Jeffrey MSN   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical complications in children with false-negative results in cystic fibrosis newborn screening

open access: yesJornal de Pediatria, 2022
Objective: To present signs and symptoms and clinical course in cystic fibrosis patients with false-negative newborn screening (CF NBS). Materials and methods: All children presented in this paper were covered by CF NBS.
Katarzyna Zybert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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