Persevering Against Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
August, 2007
Michelle T. Ogawa, MSN, RN, CPCP
Expiration Date: December 31, 2009. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.
Purpose/goal: To provide registered nurses with an overview of pulmonary arterial hypertension in children.
Objectives
- Summarize the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial disease.
- List common assessment findings for a child with pulmonary arterial disease.
- Discuss management of pulmonary arterial disease.
- Describe special considerations for children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Michelle T. Ogawa, MSN, RN, CPCP, is a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner specializing in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in association with the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California. She serves on the advisory board for United Therapeutics.
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