Elsevier

Clinical Medicine

Volume 13, Issue 5, October 2013, Pages 482-486
Clinical Medicine

Transitional care
Coming of age in cystic fibrosis – transition from paediatric to adult care

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ABSTRACT

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common multi-system inherited disorder, with a UK population exceeding 9,000. There have been significant improvements in CF survival over the decades, attributed to improvements in therapies available, our understanding of the disease and better organisation of care. CF care providers have been early advocates for successful healthcare transition from the paediatric to adult sector and CF can be considered a model process where a paediatric disease has now become an adult one. This article looks at the transition process in CF and the future challenges CF physicians will face.

KEY WORDS

Cystic fibrosis
transition
CF survival

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