The pathophysiology of high altitude pulmonary edema

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-92

  Grissom, Colin K ^a,b   Elstad, Mark R ^b,c  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NIFEDIPINE; ZILEUTON;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032841968     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1999)010[0088:TPOHAP]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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