Mucus thinners, such as mucolytics, are inhaled medications that help thin the mucus in the airways so you can cough it out of your lungs more easily.
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It can be difficult to find time for daily CF treatments in your already jam-packed lives, but your respiratory therapist can help.
Our daughter's airway clearance treatment with the vest went more smoothly after we learned a few tricks.
Learn how nurse practitioner and CF care provider Jennifer Hamilton helped lead the implementation and execution of infection prevention and control guidelines at her CF clinic.
Palliative care guidelines provide recommendations to help reduce physical and emotional symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cystic fibrosis throughout their lives.
There is no consensus on the best model of care for individuals with CF to manage the non-pulmonary complications that persist after lung transplant. This position paper outlines two models of post-transplant care to accomplish optimal CF care after transplant.
These consensus statement recommendations were developed to help guide optimal care for children and adults with CF with otolaryngologic (ear, nose, and throat) disease.
Nutritional support is a vital component of care for patients with cystic fibrosis. These recommendations cover caloric intake, dosing for pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, and monitoring growth in childhood and weight status in patients of all ages.
These guidelines were developed by consensus based on expert opinion and a medical literature review to guide the monitoring and care of infants who have an abnormal cystic fibrosis newborn screening result, but do not meet the full criteria for a CF diagnosis.