title: Coming of age in cystic fibrosis - transition from paediatric to adult care.
abstract: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common multi-system inherited disorder, with a UK population exceeding 9,000. There have been significant improvements in CF survival over the decades, attributed to improvements in therapies available, our understanding of the disease and better organisation of care. CF care providers have been early advocates for successful healthcare transition from the paediatric to adult sector and CF can be considered a model process where a paediatric disease has now become an adult one. This article looks at the transition process in CF and the future challenges CF physicians will face.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nazareth
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walshaw
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016019:Survival Analysis; D060305:Transition to Adult Care; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: CF survival; Cystic fibrosis; transition