Chest ultrasonography for the diagnosis and monitoring of high-altitude pulmonary edema

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1013-1018

  Fagenholz, Peter J ^a   Gutman, Jonathan A ^b   Murray, Alice F ^c   Noble, Vicki E ^a   Thomas, Stephen H ^a   Harris, N Stuart ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; High altitude pulmonary edema; Hypoxia; Mountaineering; Pulmonary edema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; NEPAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247218176     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1864     Document Type: Article

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