High-altitude pulmonary edema presenting 18 hours after descent

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Strote, Jared ^a   Prutkin, Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HAPE; High altitude illness; Pulmonary edema; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; MORPHINE; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; HIGH ALTITUDE LUNG EDEMA; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; VOMITING;

EID: 33745135786     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR35-05.1     Document Type: Article

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