Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Differences in resting energy expenditure between male and female children with cystic fibrosis -- Journal of Pediatrics http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=496878 & specid=14 Conclusion: PI, severe mutations, and female sex are the main contributing factors to elevated REE in patients with CF with near normal pulmonary function... ______________________________________________ Gender, death and cystic fibrosis: Is energy expenditure a component? -- Journal of Pediatrics http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=496875 & specid=14 Conclusion: Energy expenditure, which is a component in all of these possible cellular or whole body metabolic mechanisms, appears to be a measurable mediator of gender difference in some aspect of CF pathophysiology or treatment... ______________________________________________ IL-10 Controls Aspergillus fumigatus– and Pseudomonas aeruginosa–Specific T-Cell Response in Cystic Fibrosis -- Pediatric Research http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=497011 & specid=14 Conclusion: Together, these data demonstrate an important role of IL-10–mediated peripheral T-cell tolerance to P. aeruginosa and A. fumigatus in the control of the intensity of the inflammatory T-cell response in CF... ______________________________________________ Contemporary management of rhinosinusitis and cystic fibrosis -- Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=497790 & specid=14 Conclusion: The otolaryngologist caring for patients with cystic fibrosis is thus challenged with the medical and surgical management of chronic sinusitis and sinonasal polyposis in these challenging circumstances... ______________________________________________ Partial splenectomy in cystic fibrosis patients with hypersplenism -- Archives of Diseases in Childhood http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=497662 & specid=14 Conclusion: We report three cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with hypersplenism who underwent partial splenectomy. The postoperative course was uneventful in two patients; one patient developed a complication necessitating resection of the rest of the spleen... Becki YOUR FAVORITE LilGooberGirl YOUNGLUNG EMAIL SUPPORT LIST www.topica.com/lists/younglung Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease Society http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InterstitialLung_Kids/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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