Pulmonary edema in 6 children with down syndrome during travel to moderate altitudes

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 443-447

  Durmowicz, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Eisenmenger syndrome; HAPE; High altitude; Pulmonary hypertension; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0034884265     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.443     Document Type: Article

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