Publications by authors named "Paula Capel"

This report describes a case of a 15-year-old male with cystic fibrosis caused by N1303K and Q493X cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein variants. In this case, CFTR modulators including tezacaftor-ivacaftor and subsequently elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor were used and resulted in clinical stability and improvement.

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Introduction: Understanding the underlying factors that influence the approach to overweight and obesity in children is basic to best support families searching a solution to this important public health problem.

Objective: To assess attitudes and feelings of paediatric staff in addressing overweight and childhood obesity to parents, exploring perceived barriers and facilitators, for an effective care.

Participants And Method: Qualitative study by means of individual semi-structured questionnaires of paediatric staff (paediatricians and paediatrician nurses; n = 57; 68% female) of primary health care centres and hospitals in Mallorca.

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