High-altitude pulmonary edema

Lay summary: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is a potentially fatal disease of altitude, in which the lungs can become filled with fluid. In this article we explore the mechanisms causing this condition and how it can be viewed as a condition of a mismatch between current environment and evolut...

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Autores principales: Woods, Peter, Alcock, Joe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Clinical Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7947961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33732460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa052
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spelling pubmed-79479612021-03-16 High-altitude pulmonary edema Woods, Peter Alcock, Joe Evol Med Public Health Clinical Brief Lay summary: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is a potentially fatal disease of altitude, in which the lungs can become filled with fluid. In this article we explore the mechanisms causing this condition and how it can be viewed as a condition of a mismatch between current environment and evolutionary experience. Oxford University Press 2021-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7947961/ /pubmed/33732460 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa052 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Foundation for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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