Arindam Singha, M.D., and Stephen E. Kirkby, M.D.
Dr. Singha is Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, and Dr. Kirkby is Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH.
Within the past 12 months, Drs. Singha and Kirkby have nothing to disclose relevant to this activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose relevant to this activity.
Release Date: 09/10/2018
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Discuss the basic pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis, and recent trends in survival and outcome;
List the diagnostic criteria including CFTR mutation;
Describe the organ specific manifestation of disease;
Manage both acute exacerbation and chronic disease including pharmacologic and non pharmacologic therapies;
Evaluate and apply the new and emerging disease-modifying therapies for CF.
