January 2010

Based on a case presented in September 2009

PRESENTING FELLOW

Glenda N. Bendiak
Pediatric Respiratory Medicine PGY5
Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto

CASE PRESENTATION

A 12 year old girl was referred to the Hospital for Sick Children for lung transplant assessment. She had been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at ten weeks of age following a history of failure to thrive, and severe left lower lobe pneumonia requiring admission to the Intensive Care Unit.