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Lower Respiratory Tract Infection: An Unrecognised Risk Factor for High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema?

The case of a 25-year-old expedition doctor who developed high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE) while climbing in the Swiss Alps is presented, with reference to the literature. The patient’s symptoms of HAPE were typical. Less typical was the fact that the doctor had previously been to similar altit...

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Autor principal: Humphries, Christopher P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30755928
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2017_000539