Comet tails in high-altitude pulmonary edema: Diagnostic portent or streak in the sky?

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 951-953

  Luks, Andrew M ^a   Swenson, Erik R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; TADALAFIL;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VOLUME; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247241764     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-3067     Document Type: Editorial

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