Treatment of high-altitude pulmonary edema by bed rest and supplemental oxygen

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Zafren, Ken ^a,d   Reeves, John T ^b   Schoene, Robert ^c  

^a Alaska Regional Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

high altitude pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BED REST; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY;

EID: 0030037061     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0127:TOHAPE]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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