Evidence for increased intracranial pressure in high altitude pulmonary edema

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-336

  Fagenholz, Peter J ^a   Gutman, Jonathan A ^b   Murray, Alice F ^c   Noble, Vicki E ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^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

HAPE; Intracranial pressure; Optic nerve sheath; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPAL; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NEPAL; OPTIC NERVE; PULMONARY EDEMA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37249066655     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1019     Document Type: Article

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