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CASE REPORT
Successful survival of an extreme premature infant with cystic fibrosis
  1. Thomas Goddard1,
  2. Chad Andersen2,
  3. Andrew Tai1,3
  1. 1Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  2. 2Department of Neonatology, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  3. 3Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andrew Tai, andrew.tai{at}sa.gov.au

Summary

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.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218324

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    • Contributors TG contributed to the planning, conduct, reporting, conception and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data. CA contributed to the planning, conduct, reporting, conception and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data. AT contributed to the planning, conduct, reporting, conception and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.