Canadians with Cystic Fibrosis Living 20 Years Longer Than They Did 2 Decades Ago The median survival age was 49.7 years in 2012, up from 31.9 years in 1990, Dr. Anne Stephenson, a respirologist and research at St. Michaels Hospital wrote in the European Respiratory Journal. Since the paper was written, Dr. Stephenson has updated the median survival age to include Cystic Fibrosis Canada data from 2013 and reported the median age of survival has in fact reached 50.9 years. Dr. Stephenson said improvements in cystic fibrosis survival are due to several factors, including multi-disciplinary care, rigorous infection control practices, the availability of new medications such as inhaled antibiotics and therapies to thin mucus, as well as the option of lung transplants. sciencenewsline/articles/2014111315410017.html
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 22:16:15 +0000
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