Pitfalls
- Failure to discuss patients with CF presenting to the ED with the regional CF centre
- Failure to consider respiratory infection in the absence of new chest signs, and in the absence of any new chest X-ray changes
- Failure to consider respiratory infection in the absence of a raised WBC count
- Failure to recognise DIOS as a cause of abdominal pain in patients with CF
- Failure to consider causes of abdominal pain presenting in the general population in patients with CF
- Failure to consider a diagnosis of CF in adults presenting with recurrent respiratory infections or pancreatitis