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Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011

The members of the Pediatric Task Force of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) were aware of the need to develop a functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children. The proposed classification follows the same pattern and uses the same criteria as the Dana Point pulmonary...

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Autores principales: Lammers, Astrid E., Adatia, Ian, del Cerro, Maria Jesus, Diaz, Gabriel, Freudenthal, Alexandra Heath, Freudenthal, Franz, Harikrishnan, S., Ivy, Dunbar, Lopes, Antonio A., Raj, J. Usha, Sandoval, Julio, Stenmark, Kurt, Haworth, Sheila G.
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21874157
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.83445
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author Lammers, Astrid E.
Adatia, Ian
del Cerro, Maria Jesus
Diaz, Gabriel
Freudenthal, Alexandra Heath
Freudenthal, Franz
Harikrishnan, S.
Ivy, Dunbar
Lopes, Antonio A.
Raj, J. Usha
Sandoval, Julio
Stenmark, Kurt
Haworth, Sheila G.
author_facet Lammers, Astrid E.
Adatia, Ian
del Cerro, Maria Jesus
Diaz, Gabriel
Freudenthal, Alexandra Heath
Freudenthal, Franz
Harikrishnan, S.
Ivy, Dunbar
Lopes, Antonio A.
Raj, J. Usha
Sandoval, Julio
Stenmark, Kurt
Haworth, Sheila G.
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description The members of the Pediatric Task Force of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) were aware of the need to develop a functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children. The proposed classification follows the same pattern and uses the same criteria as the Dana Point pulmonary hypertension specific classification for adults. Modifications were necessary for children, since age, physical growth and maturation influences the way in which the functional effects of a disease are expressed. It is essential to encapsulate a child's clinical status, to make it possible to review progress with time as he/she grows up, as consistently and as objectively as possible. Particularly in younger children we sought to include objective indicators such as thriving, need for supplemental feeds and the record of school or nursery attendance. This helps monitor the clinical course of events and response to treatment over the years. It also facilitates the development of treatment algorithms for children. We present a consensus paper on a functional classification system for children with pulmonary hypertension, discussed at the Annual Meeting of the PVRI in Panama City, February 2011.
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spelling pubmed-31614062011-08-25 Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011 Lammers, Astrid E. Adatia, Ian del Cerro, Maria Jesus Diaz, Gabriel Freudenthal, Alexandra Heath Freudenthal, Franz Harikrishnan, S. Ivy, Dunbar Lopes, Antonio A. Raj, J. Usha Sandoval, Julio Stenmark, Kurt Haworth, Sheila G. Pulm Circ Guidelines and Consensus The members of the Pediatric Task Force of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) were aware of the need to develop a functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children. The proposed classification follows the same pattern and uses the same criteria as the Dana Point pulmonary hypertension specific classification for adults. Modifications were necessary for children, since age, physical growth and maturation influences the way in which the functional effects of a disease are expressed. It is essential to encapsulate a child's clinical status, to make it possible to review progress with time as he/she grows up, as consistently and as objectively as possible. Particularly in younger children we sought to include objective indicators such as thriving, need for supplemental feeds and the record of school or nursery attendance. This helps monitor the clinical course of events and response to treatment over the years. It also facilitates the development of treatment algorithms for children. We present a consensus paper on a functional classification system for children with pulmonary hypertension, discussed at the Annual Meeting of the PVRI in Panama City, February 2011. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3161406/ /pubmed/21874157 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.83445 Text en Copyright: © Pulmonary Circulation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Guidelines and Consensus
Lammers, Astrid E.
Adatia, Ian
del Cerro, Maria Jesus
Diaz, Gabriel
Freudenthal, Alexandra Heath
Freudenthal, Franz
Harikrishnan, S.
Ivy, Dunbar
Lopes, Antonio A.
Raj, J. Usha
Sandoval, Julio
Stenmark, Kurt
Haworth, Sheila G.
Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011
title Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011
title_full Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011
title_fullStr Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011
title_full_unstemmed Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011
title_short Functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: Report from the PVRI pediatric taskforce, Panama 2011
title_sort functional classification of pulmonary hypertension in children: report from the pvri pediatric taskforce, panama 2011
topic Guidelines and Consensus
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21874157
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.83445
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