Into thin air: Extreme ultrasound on Mt Everest

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-289

  Otto, Christian ^a   Hamilton, Douglas R ^b   Levine, Benjamin D ^c,f   Hare, Craig ^d   Sargsyan, Ashot E ^c,f   Altshuler, Peter ^g   Dulchavsky, Scott A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^d Hewlett Packard Systems   (Canada)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; Comet tail; Pulmonary edema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG EDEMA; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; TELECONSULTATION;

COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; PULMONARY EDEMA; REMOTE CONSULTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350495428     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-BR-228R2.1     Document Type: Article

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