title: Survival in cystic fibrosis: preliminary report from an Italian multicenter study.
abstract: An Italian multicenter study has been carried out in order to obtain data on survival and prognostic factors in CF. We report data from four CF Centers: Milan, Neaples, Cagliari, Rome, Anagraphic data, mode of presentation and of diagnosis were collected, using CFDB database, from 536 CF pts. 39 pts had meconium ileus (7.3%); 269 (50%) were diagnosed before 12 months of age. 27 pts were lost to follow-up (5%); and 65 pts died (12%). Statistical analysis was performed by Kaplan-Meier survival curves compared by Logrank test.
authors: Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Milan, Italy.
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Bettinelli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Civardi
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Costantini
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Padoan
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Giunta
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Cesana
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Greco
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Salvatore
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Santamaria
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Castro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate