PG18 Cystic fibrosis: management in adult patients

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: N. Simmonds (London, United Kingdom), C. Schwarz (Berlin, Germany)
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to update both paediatric and adult professionals involved in cystic fibrosis (CF) care on the recent advances in many important aspects of CF; to describe the latest knowledge about CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) dysfunction in CF and how this influences the different organs and leads to new treatments modalities; and to address the special needs caused by CF as an adult disease, namely, the transition of adolescents into adult care, fertility and end-of-life issues.

The ageing cystic fibrosis patient A. Horsley (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Caring for end-stage disease and lung transplantation C. Benden (Zürich, Switzerland)
Group assignment A. Horsley (Manchester, United Kingdom), C. Benden (Zürich, Switzerland)
CFTR dysfunction and its specific treatment J. Davies (London, United Kingdom)
Fertility in adult cystic fibrosis M. Shteinberg (Haifa, Israel), J. Maetz (Paris, France)
Group assignment J. Davies (London, United Kingdom), M. Shteinberg (Haifa, Israel)