Organizing health information is crucial to rare disease management, Jen Cueva, Pulmonary Hypertension News, December 4, 2024

During a hospital stay described in her December 4, 2024 article for Pulmonary Hypertension News, Jen Cueva, a pulmonary hypertension patient, discovered potentially dangerous errors in her medication records. Her experience, detailed in “Organizing health information is crucial to rare disease management,” demonstrates why maintaining accurate, up-to-date medication lists is essential for patient safety, particularly […]

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Sunday “mixing parties”: a husband’s creative way to prepare his wife’s pulmonary hypertension medications to the beat of their favorite tunes!

Micheal Garrett is a pulmonary hypertension caregiver from Humble in Texas, USA. He is a caregiver for his wife, who is 42, and was diagnosed in December 2017 with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Along with her pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosis, she was also diagnosed with Lupus. She is on intravenous therapy with Veletri (epoprostenol). Michael started

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Seven-part informational video series on treating and managing pulmonary hypertension published by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), July 27, 2023

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) has just share its latest series of informational videos on treating and managing pulmonary hypertension, featuring J. Wesley McConnell, M.D., director of the Norton Healthcare Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic in Louisville, Kentucky. In this seven-part video series, Dr. McConnell provides an overview of managing a PH diagnosis and the various treatment

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“We want to see your pump bags”: the UK Pulmonary Hypertension Association, PHA UK, invites patients on IV medication to share photos of how they wear their pump!

IFinding a way for pulmonary hypertension to carry their pump for IV medication in a way that works for them is important. The PHA UK invites patients who have found the “perfect bag”, or maybe even a home made one, to send a photo so they can share it to inspire others. Reply to media@phauk.org

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PHA UK’s “sister” website, phocusonlifestyle.org, is addressed at patients and caregivers and houses a wealth of support resources and pulmonary hypertension patient stories

http://www.phocusonlifestyle.org is the “sister” website to that of the UK Pulmonary Hypertension, PHA UK. It is aimed at patients and peers supporting each other through stories. It also houses written resources covering a very wide range of issues related to living with pulmonary hypertension including:

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Medication and pulmonary hypertension, a Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK (PHA UK) booklet

This booklet was developed by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK (PHA UK) as a guide to treating and managing pulmonary hypertension using drug therapies. Sections include conventional or supportive therapies (including oxygen), and targeted therapies, including those taken orally, intravenously or via a nebuliser. This booklet is regularly reviewed to keep the information as up-to-date

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