Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...
health.wa.gov.au Background Cross-sectional studies implicate neutrophilic inflammation and pulmonary infection as risk factors for early structural lung disease in infants and young children with ...
"This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter clumped together at different epochs." A powerful combination of data from ...
Sophie Pierce will be the first person with cystic fibrosis to do just that, travelling from Lanzarote to Antigua. A historic achievement when you consider what she's been through and when ...
CT scans were obtained in all patients in supine position ... CT without anesthesia for the early assessment of pulmonary involvement in children with cystic fibrosis. The Brody score measured by ...
There is a research gap in understanding the mental health of individuals with the long term health condition Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Research has indicated that mental health concerns like depression ...
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder driven by CFTR mutations that affects the exocrine glands. Manifesting with excessively viscous mucus production, patients typically experience obstruction of ...
we leverage the patient cohort from the OSIC Pulmonary Fibrosis Progression Challenge (OSIC, 2020). The data for this patient cohort consists of chest CT scans, forced vital capacity (FVC) ...
The inflammatory response in the CF airway begins early in the disease process and becomes persistent through life in most patients. Inflammation, which is predominantly neutrophilic, worsens airway ...