Unilateral pulmonary edema in a 29-year-old man visiting high altitude

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2230-2233

  Nana Sinkam, Patrick ^a   Bost, Thomas W ^a   Sippel, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b St Anthony Central Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG AGENESIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036928434     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.2230     Document Type: Article

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