Successful survival of an extreme premature infant with cystic fibrosis

Thomas Goddard; Chad Andersen; Andrew Tai

doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-218324

Successful survival of an extreme premature infant with cystic fibrosis

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jan 6:2017:bcr2016218324. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218324.

Authors

Thomas Goddard¹, Chad Andersen², Andrew Tai^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Department of Neonatology, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Abstract

Extreme premature infants with cystic fibrosis typically do not survive the neonatal phase. This case report describes the youngest survivor of a premature infant with cystic fibrosis and highlights the importance of advanced neonatal care with cystic fibrosis therapy.

2017 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Cystic Fibrosis / therapy*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Infant, Extremely Premature*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy*
Respiration, Artificial
Survivors
Treatment Outcome
Twins, Dizygotic