High altitude pulmonary oedema

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 27-28, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Bärtsch, Peter ^a,c   Mairbäurl, Heimo ^a   Swenson, Erik R ^b   Maggiorini, Marco ^d  

^a Center for Thoracic Medicine   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alveolar fluid clearance; Inflammation; Pathophysiology; Pulmonary artery hypertension; Treatment, prevention

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; SILDENAFIL;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0043192614     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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