Late diagnosis and poor nutrition in cystic fibrosis diagnosed before implementation of newborn screening.
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Late diagnosis and poor nutrition in cystic fibrosis diagnosed before implementation of newborn screening. / Pedersen, Maya Graham; Højte, Christine; Olesen, Hanne Vebert; Pressler, Tania; Skov, Marianne.
In: Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 108, No. 12, 2019, p. 2241-2245.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Late diagnosis and poor nutrition in cystic fibrosis diagnosed before implementation of newborn screening.
AU - Pedersen, Maya Graham
AU - Højte, Christine
AU - Olesen, Hanne Vebert
AU - Pressler, Tania
AU - Skov, Marianne
N1 - (Ekstern)
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Aim: Denmark has a high standard cystic fibrosis care. However, newborn screening was not implemented until 2016. This article describes the clinical status of cystic fibrosis patients at time of diagnosis prior to newborn screening.Methods: Patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in Denmark in 2010-2014 were reviewed using the Danish Cystic Fibrosis Registry as well as patient files. Parameters collected were age at diagnosis, gender, weight, height, forced expiratory volume at 1 second, cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator-genotype, lung bacteriology at diagnosis and previous diagnoses.Results: A total of 63 patients were diagnosed in the study period. The most typical pre-cystic fibrosis diagnoses were asthma and pneumonia. The median age at diagnosis was 1.4 years for the pancreatic insufficient and 27.3 years for the pancreatic sufficient patients. Of the pancreatic insufficient patients, 21% had moderate to severe malnutrition with BMI below minus 2 SD and 40% had moderate to severe stunting with height below minus 2 SD.Conclusion: Diagnosis was delayed considerably compared to diagnosis by newborn screening in other countries. Many cystic fibrosis patients diagnosed due to clinical symptoms were moderately to severely underweight or stunted at diagnosis.
AB - Aim: Denmark has a high standard cystic fibrosis care. However, newborn screening was not implemented until 2016. This article describes the clinical status of cystic fibrosis patients at time of diagnosis prior to newborn screening.Methods: Patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in Denmark in 2010-2014 were reviewed using the Danish Cystic Fibrosis Registry as well as patient files. Parameters collected were age at diagnosis, gender, weight, height, forced expiratory volume at 1 second, cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator-genotype, lung bacteriology at diagnosis and previous diagnoses.Results: A total of 63 patients were diagnosed in the study period. The most typical pre-cystic fibrosis diagnoses were asthma and pneumonia. The median age at diagnosis was 1.4 years for the pancreatic insufficient and 27.3 years for the pancreatic sufficient patients. Of the pancreatic insufficient patients, 21% had moderate to severe malnutrition with BMI below minus 2 SD and 40% had moderate to severe stunting with height below minus 2 SD.Conclusion: Diagnosis was delayed considerably compared to diagnosis by newborn screening in other countries. Many cystic fibrosis patients diagnosed due to clinical symptoms were moderately to severely underweight or stunted at diagnosis.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Cystic fibrosis
KW - Danish healthcare system
KW - Malnutrition
KW - Newborn screening
KW - Stunting
U2 - 10.1111/apa.14908
DO - 10.1111/apa.14908
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31218749
VL - 108
SP - 2241
EP - 2245
JO - Acta Paediatrica
JF - Acta Paediatrica
SN - 0803-5253
IS - 12
ER -
ID: 343340277