CF patients had greater treatment adherence when prescribed digestive and respiratory medications, compared to physiotherapy or nutritional supplements. Therapeutic adherence was found to worsen with age and disease severity, however improved with treatments which were perceived by patients as more important or had a greater influence in their quality of life.

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Children of mothers with HELLP syndrome have a high mortality associated with extreme prematurity, independent of the presence of leukopenia, low weight for gestational age and need for neonatal resuscitation.