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Preventative Practices And Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Caregivers Of Children With Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, Ella Cook, Megan Pierce, Samara Nelson, Ashley Bangerter Seelos, Rebecca Brown, Heather Stickle, Michael Johansen, Erik J. Nelson
Preventative Practices And Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Caregivers Of Children With Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, Ella Cook, Megan Pierce, Samara Nelson, Ashley Bangerter Seelos, Rebecca Brown, Heather Stickle, Michael Johansen, Erik J. Nelson
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- Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is characterized by issues of lung growth and development prenatally and postnatally.1
- COVID-19 causes endothelial dysfunction, hypoxia and vasoconstriction. Children living with PH are especially vulnerable to severe complications from the virus due to these additive affects on a cardiorespiratory system that is already stressed by their underlying disease2
- Parents/Caregivers of children with PH have a great burden to prevent COVID-19 infection.