Cystic Fibrosis Kidney Disease: 10 Tips for Clinicians

Increased longevity in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) means that more people are surviving long enough to develop kidney complications. Nephrologists and their colleagues now face a steep learning curve as many of them encounter patients with CF related kidney disease (CFKD) for the first time. Th...

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Published inFrontiers in medicine Vol. 5; p. 242
Main Author Nowakowski, Alexandra C H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 28.08.2018
Subjects
aging
best practices
cystic fibrosis
illness management
Medicine
patient perspectives
aging
patient perspectives
illness management
cystic fibrosis
best practices
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Summary:Increased longevity in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) means that more people are surviving long enough to develop kidney complications. Nephrologists and their colleagues now face a steep learning curve as many of them encounter patients with CF related kidney disease (CFKD) for the first time. This article presents perspectives from a medical sociologist with CF on what renal health professionals should know about people with CFKD. It outlines challenges that people with CFKD as they age, framing these struggles as opportunities for clinicians to help these unique patients achieve and maintain their best possible quality of life.
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Edited by: Steven Gerard Achinger, Watson Clinic, United States
This article was submitted to Nephrology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Medicine
Reviewed by: David Wojciechowski, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States; Swapnil Hiremath, University of Ottawa, Canada
ISSN:2296-858X
2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2018.00242