Escalante MAM, Rodríguez DS, Fernández EJ

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

High Altitude pulmonary edema is a type of acute pulmonary edema, non cardiogenic, whose causes are unknown. The risk of catching the disease is higher among those who live at greater altitudes; specially children returning back home after spending 7 to 10 days at sea-level zones. It generally occurs between 24 and 96 hours alter the ascent. Subjects prone to the disease display a ventilation response to the reduced hypoxia. The case of a 10 year-old girl arriving to the emergency room with acute symptoms of breathing problems, hacking cough and chest pain has been reported.

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