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Endurance race
Hello, Can a small 40-minute endurance race for about 4.5 km replace a physiotherapy session in a 9 year-old child who has 6 sessions per week. There is no breathlessness, no cough nor bronchial congestion during this effort. A big thank you and to your team for your answers.
31.07.2013
Hygiene
2 patients aged 9 and 13 will attend the same gym but will not be in the same classes. The question is: should we pass a surface disinfectant on the beams and rigging they have used after every session? One girl is chronically colonized by Staph aureus and X maltophilia, the other by Staphylococcus ...
29.07.2013
Swimming after lung transplantation
Hello, I would like to know if and when one can go swimming after a double-lung transplantation. In an outdoor swimming pool / lake / indoor swimming pool? And where is the problem in general? Thank you!
24.07.2013
Magnesium carbonate in climbing
How dangerous is the "chalk" for the lungs that is used during sport climbing and that is floating in the air in the halls? Can (healthy) parents take their CF-child/-baby with them for some hours daily into the climbing halls without concerns?
12.06.2013
CF and swiming pool
Are swimming pools safe for children with CF? What do we need to know?
29.05.2013
Thermal bath
Hello, I have a question concerning thermal baths. How is it there with humid-germs, especially the Pseudmonas aeruginosa? Has one actually to expect such germs there due to the salt content of the water? On the other hand, the water is very warm, which are good conditions for the germs. ...
16.04.2013
baby gym
Hello, I have a 12-month-old girl with cystic fibrosis. Can I register her on babygym? I know that it is good for the development but I don’t know if I shall wait before meeting her many other infants (especially in winter)? Should she begin later? Thank you.
04.03.2013
parachute jump
One of my patients who presents a respiratory failure (FEV1 between 22 and 31%), with hypoxemia and hypercapnia has received for his birthday a parachute jump. He was dreaming about it since a long time. He needs a medical certificate. I think it is not reasonable because of situation fragility to ...
04.03.2013
Are swimming pools an unnecessary risk after all?
Dear ECORN experts, It seems to be a common view that swimming in well maintained indoor pools is safe for people with CF but I'm starting to wonder if this really is so? I have discontinued my son's swimming lessons because he regularly had both staphylococcal and fungal infections in his ...
28.02.2013
Physiotherapy
I have a question concerning physiotherapy with a patient with cystic fibrosis. What actions are needed here? Can the patient do it at home? What effect has it on the patient, apart from clearing the airways? Thank you.
26.02.2013
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