World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
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World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg · Jan 2021
The Adaptation of Pediatric Exercise Testing Programs to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic.
Response to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in several initiatives that directly impact hospital operations. There has been minimal information on how COVID-19 has affected exercise testing in pediatric patients. ⋯ Pediatric exercise testing laboratories largely closed during the early pandemic, with many of these programs either now open or working on a plan to open. Despite this, there remains heterogeneity in how to minimize exposure risks to patients and staff. Standardization of exercise testing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic may help reduce some of these differences.