Lung Transplant and CRC Screening

Volume 8, Issue 2.

Screening to avoid the morbidity and mortality of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with CF, with the incidence of CRC rising, has become an increasingly important challenge, particularly among lung transplant patients.  But how and when should patients be screened? With colonoscopy or non-invasive FIT? Before or after transplant?  Are there patients who should not be screened, and why?

In this issue, Dr. Denis Hadjiliadis from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania discusses the clinical aspects of screening patients with CF to prevent CRC.

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Pulmonary Hypertension: Clinical Workup & Diagnosis

Volume 1, Issue 6.

In this podcast Dr. Paul Hasson from Johns Hopkins explains the complexity of pulmonary hypertension
and the importance of a rigorous diagnostic workup and describes the basic diagnostic algorithm to accurately classify the type of pulmonary hypertension encountered in a specific patient.

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CFTR Modulators: Clinical Insights

Volume 7, Issue 12.

In this podcast Dr. John P. Clancy reviews CFTR modulators, and discusses insights presented at the 2017 NACFC.

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Trends in Inhaled Antibiotic Therapy

Volume 6, Issue 6.

Daniel Heintz, MD and Karen McCoy, MD cover the important topic of Trends in Inhaled Antibiotic Therapy in the format of case-study scenarios for the clinical practice.

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Featured Cases: Interventions to Improve Nutrition in Patients with CF

Volume 3, Issue 8.

In this issue, Dr. Elizabeth Yen reviews new research highlighting the strong positive impact of early behavioral and nutritional education. Exploring predictors of long-term response to such interventions she discusss how body image may affect compliance with nutritional recommendations in adolescents; and, then present data describing positive outcomes with gastrostomy tube placement for supplemental enteral intake.