Registry-based study of gastrostomy tube placement and nutritional recovery in children with cystic fibrosis
Timing of g-tube placement in children with CF, both in relation to age and severity of malnutrition, was associated with varying degrees of improvements in BMI z-scores and ppFEV1.
Authors
- James E. Slaven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-3821)
- Clement L. Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-0644)
- Molly Bozic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3644-5381)
- Karen Maguiness
- James F. Chmiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4495-4693)
- Brittany Wall
- Don B. Sanders
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- University of Virginia (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003576
- Primary Topic
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00