Procedures and treatments

Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) may from time to time need an admission to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and this may be for a variety of reasons. Usually the admission is discussed with the family and planned ahead of time but occasionally a more urgent admission may be required. 

Clean intermittent catheterisation is a way of emptying the bladder of urine if weeing is difficult or impossible. It involves passing a catheter (thin, plastic tube) through the urethra into the bladder. 

A cornstarch load test is used to measure the changes in your child’s blood sugar level after eating uncooked cornstarch. Cornstarch is a starch which is slowly digested to release glucose. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about cornstarch load tests and what to expect when your child has one. 

Annual reviews are undertaken on a yearly basis at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to assess your child’s overall health and progress in relation to cystic fibrosis (CF).