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Acute Lung Edema as a Presentation of Severe Acute Reentry High-Altitude Illness in a Pediatric Patient

Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a pathology involving multifactorial triggers that are associated with ascents to altitudes over 2,500 meters above sea level (m). Here, we report two pediatric cases of reentry HAPE, from the city of Huaraz, Peru, located at 3,052 m. The characteristics...

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Autores principales: Merino-Luna, Alfredo, Vizcarra-Anaya, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7477612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32908766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8871098
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description Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a pathology involving multifactorial triggers that are associated with ascents to altitudes over 2,500 meters above sea level (m). Here, we report two pediatric cases of reentry HAPE, from the city of Huaraz, Peru, located at 3,052 m. The characteristics of both cases were similar, wherein acclimatization to sea level and a subsequent return to the city of origin occurred, and we speculate that it was caused by activation of predisposing factors to HAPE. The diagnosis and management associated with pulmonary hypertension became a determining factor for therapy.
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spelling pubmed-74776122020-09-08 Acute Lung Edema as a Presentation of Severe Acute Reentry High-Altitude Illness in a Pediatric Patient Merino-Luna, Alfredo Vizcarra-Anaya, Julio Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a pathology involving multifactorial triggers that are associated with ascents to altitudes over 2,500 meters above sea level (m). Here, we report two pediatric cases of reentry HAPE, from the city of Huaraz, Peru, located at 3,052 m. The characteristics of both cases were similar, wherein acclimatization to sea level and a subsequent return to the city of origin occurred, and we speculate that it was caused by activation of predisposing factors to HAPE. The diagnosis and management associated with pulmonary hypertension became a determining factor for therapy. Hindawi 2020-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7477612/ /pubmed/32908766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8871098 Text en Copyright © 2020 Alfredo Merino-Luna and Julio Vizcarra-Anaya. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acute Lung Edema as a Presentation of Severe Acute Reentry High-Altitude Illness in a Pediatric Patient
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title_fullStr Acute Lung Edema as a Presentation of Severe Acute Reentry High-Altitude Illness in a Pediatric Patient
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title_short Acute Lung Edema as a Presentation of Severe Acute Reentry High-Altitude Illness in a Pediatric Patient
title_sort acute lung edema as a presentation of severe acute reentry high-altitude illness in a pediatric patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7477612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32908766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8871098
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