Alveolar haemorrhage in a case of high altitude pulmonary oedema

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-169

  Grissom, Colin K ^a,d   Albertine, Kurt H ^a,b   Elstad, Mark R ^a,c  

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

^b Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Altitude illness; Alveolar haemorrhage; High altitude; Pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 0034092044     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.2.167     Document Type: Article

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