Treatment of high altitude pulmonary edema at 4240 m in Nepal

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Fagenholz, Peter J ^a,d   Gutman, Jonathan A ^b,d   Murray, Alice F ^c,d   Harris, N Stuart ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Pheriche Clinic

Author keywords

Altitude; Altitude sickness; Mountaineering; Pulmonary edema; Rural populations

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LOPERAMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; SALMETEROL; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34347246356     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.3055     Document Type: Article

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