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Epidemiology of ageing

The treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is best left to specialist centres, but as the number of patients is increasing rapidly (a fact which this book points out on several occasions), most practising physicians will now come across these unfortunate individuals from time to time. Thus, the concept of a concise and up-to-date volume on cystic fibrosis aimed at the non-specialist doctor is to be welcomed, and this book makes a laudable attempt at providing such a text. The chapters on the overall management of children and adults are well thought out, as are those on lung infection, the CF gene, and lung transplantation. However, the chapters on the CF mouse and lung injury are far too detailed and largely irrelevant for the nonspecialist, whilst that on the gastrointestinal tract does not even mention fibrosing colonopathy, and that on psychosocial aspects pays little attention to the very important topic of transition of care from the paediatric to the adult world. Also, I would have liked to see more on the important problems of the management of pregnancy in the CF patient, the treatment of male infertility, how to diagnose CF in the adult patient, and the mechanics of home intravenous therapy. Despite these shortcomings, the book provides a very readable overview of current thinking on CF management and can be recommended to non-specialist medical professionals.