RT Book, Section
A1 Noyes, Blakeslee E.
A1 Lechner, Andrew J.
A2 Lechner, Andrew J.
A2 Matuschak, George M.
A2 Brink, David S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1120132701
T1 Presentation and Management of Cystic Fibrosis
T2 Respiratory: An Integrated Approach to Disease
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071635011
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1120132701
RD 2024/04/23
AB Learning  ObjectivesThe  student  will  be  able  to  describe  the  genetics,  most  common  gene  mutations,  and  protein  abnormalities  that  characterize  cystic  fibrosis  (CF).The  student  will  be  able  to  define  the  competing  hypotheses  that  have  been  proposed  to  cause  the  clinical  manifestations  of  CF.The  student  will  be  able  to  outline  the  approaches  to  identify  CF  patients  through  newborn  screening,  and  describe  the  typical  presenting  signs  and  symptoms  of  CF  lung  and  gastrointestinal  disease.The  student  will  be  able  to  identify  the  sequence  of  events  that  occurs  in  CF  and  the  rationale  for  treatment  interventions,  including  for  non-pulmonary  organs.