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Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis
The healthy adolescent will encounter major changes in biological and psychosocial domains. The adolescent period can be greatly affected by a chronic illness. Cystic fibrosis is a terminal illness that can significantly affect an adolescent's biological, mental and psychosocial health. This pa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22991662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/134132 |
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description | The healthy adolescent will encounter major changes in biological and psychosocial domains. The adolescent period can be greatly affected by a chronic illness. Cystic fibrosis is a terminal illness that can significantly affect an adolescent's biological, mental and psychosocial health. This paper discusses general issues to consider when managing an adolescent with a chronic medical condition, and specifically how cystic fibrosis may impact upon puberty, body image, risk-taking behaviours, mental health, independence, nonadherence, reproductive health, transition, lung transplantation, and end of life care. |
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spelling | pubmed-34440482012-09-18 Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis Withers, Adelaide Lindsay Pulm Med Review Article The healthy adolescent will encounter major changes in biological and psychosocial domains. The adolescent period can be greatly affected by a chronic illness. Cystic fibrosis is a terminal illness that can significantly affect an adolescent's biological, mental and psychosocial health. This paper discusses general issues to consider when managing an adolescent with a chronic medical condition, and specifically how cystic fibrosis may impact upon puberty, body image, risk-taking behaviours, mental health, independence, nonadherence, reproductive health, transition, lung transplantation, and end of life care. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3444048/ /pubmed/22991662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/134132 Text en Copyright © 2012 Adelaide Lindsay Withers. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Withers, Adelaide Lindsay Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis |
title | Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis |
title_full | Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis |
title_fullStr | Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis |
title_short | Management Issues for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis |
title_sort | management issues for adolescents with cystic fibrosis |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22991662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/134132 |
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