Acute re-entry high-altitude pulmonary edema
Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema is a potentially life-threatening medical condition. Also known as acute re-entry high-altitude pulmonary edema, it may occur in highland dwellers who return to their hometown after having stayed at a lower-level area. This is the case of a 14 year-old male patien...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Perú |
| Recursos: | Universidad de San Martín de Porres |
| Repositorio: | Horizonte médico |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:horizontemedico.usmp.edu.pe:article/943 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://horizontemedico.usmp.edu.pe/index.php/horizontemed/article/view/943 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Edema pulmonar Altitud Población residente Pulmonary edema Altitude Resident population |
| Resumo: | Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema is a potentially life-threatening medical condition. Also known as acute re-entry high-altitude pulmonary edema, it may occur in highland dwellers who return to their hometown after having stayed at a lower-level area. This is the case of a 14 year-old male patient, native to and resident of the city of El Alto (La Paz, Bolivia), located at 4,090 meters above sea level. The patient developed acute high-altitude pulmonary edema when returning from a town at 500 meters above sea level. He required intensive care and showed a favorable evolution. |
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