ABSTRACT
With increasing information available about the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of patients affected with severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 infection, patients with Down syndrome, congenital heart disease, airway obstruction, and pulmonary hypertension present a unique challenge. This case series describes 3 patients with Down syndrome and respiratory failure secondary to coronavirus infection.
Subject(s)
Coronavirus Infections/complications , Down Syndrome/complications , Heart Defects, Congenital/complications , Hypertension, Pulmonary/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Adult , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Pandemics , Risk Factors , SARS-CoV-2 , Young AdultABSTRACT
PIP: The World Bank Group regards excessive population growth as the single greatest obstacle to economic and social advance in the underdeveloped world. Since 1969 the Bank and the International Development Agency have provided countries with technical assistance through education, fact-finding, and analysis and given 65.7 million dollars for population projects. These projects, in India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, and Malaysia provide training centers, population education, research, and evaluation as well as actual construction of clinics and mobile units. Because population planning touches sensitive areas of religion, caste, race, morality, and politics, the involved nation's political commitment to plan population growth is critical to the success of any program.^ieng