Oklahoma center enrolling youth in study of ‘long COVID’

STORMS. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. THAT IS YOUR LATEST 5 + 5-DAY FORECAST. SHEL:BY ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN, THANK YOU. A NATIONAL STUDY TO TTERBE UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVID-19 IN YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER IS PART OFT. I HERE WITH US NOW TO ARLEN MORE IS DR. AMANDA BOGIE, THE CHIEF OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT.U O. COLLEGE OF MEDICE.IN WELCOME AND, DR. BOGI. — WELCOME IN, DR. BOGIE. DR. BOGIE: THANK YOU. SHELBY: TLEL US WHO EXACTLY IS THIS STUDY AIMED TLOO OK AT, AND WHY THAT AGE GROUP? DR. BOGI SO CURRENTLY, WE ARE ENROLLING NEWBORNS TO AGE 25, SO WE ARE OFTEN INCLUDING ADULTS IN OUR STUDY. THERE IS ALSO A COMPARATIVE STUDY GOINGN O IN ADULTS AS WELL AS THE HEALTH SCIEESNC CENTER, BUT WE ARE PARTICULARLY COME AND MY SECTION, LOOKING AT CHILDREN. SHELBY: WE OWKN ABOUT LONG COVID, RIGHT? HOW EXACTLY IS IT MANIFESTING ITSELF IYON UNG PEOPLE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIGN AND SYMPTOMS THAT YOU ARE SEEING? DR. BOGIE: THAT IAS GREAT QUESTION,ND T AHAT IS EXACTLY WHY THE NIH HAS SAID THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT RESEARCH PROJT,EC BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING CHILDRENND A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT PATTERNS. SOME CHILDREN ARE GETTGIN JTUS A, COLD, WHERE OTHERS ARE HAVGIN HEART PROBLEMS, LUNG PROBLE,MS THEY ARE HAVING STOMACH PROBLEMS, SKIN PROBLEMS. IT IS REMARKABLE HOW ODD THIS ONE VIRUS IS AFFECTING DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENTLY. SHEL:BY HOW ARE SOME OF THESE ODD SYMPTOMS, AS YOU SAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU MAY SEE , WITH OTHER VIRUSES? DR. BOGIE: TTHA IS ALSO A VERY GOOD QUESTION. YOU KW,NO VIRUSES ARE THE MOST COMMON INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN, AND THOSE CHILDRENET G BETWEEN THREE AND 5, 6 VIRUSES A YEAR, DEPENDING IF THEY ARE IN A DAYCARE OR A SCHOOL SETTING. AND USUALLY THAT VIRUS LASTS THREE DAYS. THIS VIRUSES LASTING WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHO IS AT RISK? WHICH CHILDREN ARE AT RISK OF THIS VIRUS? WE ARE ALSO LOOKING NOT ONLY AT THE CHILDREN BUT THE CAREGIVER OF THESE CHILDREN, TO SEE IF THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT TO THIS AS WELLS AA FAMILIAL COMPONENT. ELSHBY: GIVE US THE RUNDOWN HERE OF SOME OF THE LOGISTICS OF THE STUDY, WHO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, HOW THEY SNIG UP, KIND OF WALK US THROUGH IT. DR. BOE:GI GREAT, YES, SO WE ARE ACTIVELY ENROLLING PATIENTS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE COVID. IF YOU HAVE COVID SYMPTOMS RIGHT NOW, WEOU WLD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ENROLLED IN THE STUDY. WE ARE ALSO ENROLLING CHILDREN THAT IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST. SO WHEWEN SEE — THAT HAVE HAD COVID IN. . THE PAST SO WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHO SAYS, YES, I HAD A BROKEN BONE, BUT I HAD COVID IN JANUARY, THOSE PATIENTS ARE ELIGIBLE AS WELL. THIS IS A LONG-TM STUDY. WE ARE FOLLOWING THESE CHILDREN FOR 3, 4, 5 YEARS OUTCOME AT TO SEE WHAT THE REALLY LONG EFFECTS OF THIS VIRUSAS H DONE, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER HELP THESE CHILDREN IN THE LONG-TERM. SO WE VE A PHONE NUMBER COME IF I MAY SHARE IT, 405-271- 2429. MY WONDEUL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, VALERIE OWENS, IS HERETO TAKE YOUR CALL, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE STUDY. WE ALSO HAVE A WEBSITE. ITS I [email protected]. O. OU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DOTU. HE EDUCATION. SHELBY: WE LLWI PUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION UP, THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE EMAIL, IN CASE PEOPLE WANT TO SIGN UP. JUST REMDIN PEOPLE OF THE AGE RANGE HERE. DR. BOGE: SO NEWBORNS TO 25. SHEL:BY ALL RIGHT, NEWBORNS TO 25. AND WHACAT N SOMEONE DO RIGHT NOW, IF THEY ARE THINKING THAT EYTH MAY BE FEELING SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF LONG COVID. IF THEY ARE STRUGINGLG HEALTHWISE, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DOING RIGHT NOW? DR. BOGIE: GETNGTI IN CONTACT WITH THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. THEY NEED TO BE WORKING WITH THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, THEIR PEDIATRICIAN, TO FDIN OUT, DO THEY NE TEDO BE SEEN EMERGENTLY, DO THEY NEED TO COME TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, OR IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN DO OVER THE PHONE OR THROUGH TELEMEDICINE OR TELEHEALTH. SHEL:BY GREAT FIRST STEP THERE. ALSO, LOOKING FOR NEWBORNS UP TO 25 YEARS OLD. REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF AWES LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF WHAT LONG COVID LOOKS LIKE. AGAIN, WE WILL PUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, DR. B

Oklahoma Health Sciences Center enrolling youth in study of ‘long COVID’

Enrollment in the study is underway, and researchers plan to follow participants for four years

Updated: 11:51 AM CDT May 26, 2022

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is part of a national study to better understand the long-term effects of COVID-19-19 in young people. The study is part of theNational Institutes of Health’s Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery Initiative. Enrollment in the study is underway, and researchers plan to follow participants for four years.KOCO spoke to OU Health’s chief of pediatric emergency medicine, Dr. Amanda Bogie, about how the study will help understand the impacts of COVID-19. Open the video player above to watch the interview.For more information about enrolling in the study, call 405- 271-2429.

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is part of a national study to better understand the long-term effects of COVID-19-19 in young people.

The study is part of theNational Institutes of Health’s Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery Initiative. Enrollment in the study is underway, and researchers plan to follow participants for four years.

KOCO spoke to OU Health’s chief of pediatric emergency medicine, Dr. Amanda Bogie, about how the study will help understand the impacts of COVID-19. Open the video player above to watch the interview.

For more information about enrolling in the study, call 405- 271-2429.