National Trends of Hospitalizations in Cystic Fibrosis Highlight a Need for Pediatric to Adult Transition Clinics

We hypothesized that hospitalizations in cystic fibrosis (CF) would reflect the development of age-related comorbidities.A retrospective analysis was performed using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2017). Hospitalizations for which the principal diagnosis was CF were analyzed regarding age at discharge and presence of comorbidities. Trends were assessed for significance using the Cochran-Armitage test.The mean age of patients hospitalized...