scholarly journals High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in a Healthy Pediatric Patient Traveling from Denver to Breckenridge

2022 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Matthew Adamo ◽  
Kayla E Prokopakis ◽  
Todd Bolotin
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Edema ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Pediatric Patient ◽  
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

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

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Alfredo Merino-Luna ◽  
Julio Vizcarra-Anaya
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Pulmonary Edema ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Pediatric Patient ◽  
Lung Edema ◽  
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema ◽  
High Altitude Illness ◽  
The City ◽  
Determining Factor

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.

scholarly journals The Oxygen Transport Triad in High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Perspective from the High Andes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7619
Author(s):  
Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja ◽  
Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Edema ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Oxygen Transport ◽  
Acute Mountain Sickness ◽  
Breath Holding ◽  
Acid Base Balance ◽  
Initial Exposure ◽  
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema ◽  
Tolerance To Hypoxia ◽  
Dynamic Pump

Acute high-altitude illnesses are of great concern for physicians and people traveling to high altitude. Our recent article “Acute Mountain Sickness, High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema, a View from the High Andes” was questioned by some sea-level high-altitude experts. As a result of this, we answer some observations and further explain our opinion on these diseases. High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) can be better understood through the Oxygen Transport Triad, which involves the pneumo-dynamic pump (ventilation), the hemo-dynamic pump (heart and circulation), and hemoglobin. The two pumps are the first physiologic response upon initial exposure to hypobaric hypoxia. Hemoglobin is the balancing energy-saving time-evolving equilibrating factor. The acid-base balance must be adequately interpreted using the high-altitude Van Slyke correction factors. Pulse-oximetry measurements during breath-holding at high altitude allow for the evaluation of high altitude diseases. The Tolerance to Hypoxia Formula shows that, paradoxically, the higher the altitude, the more tolerance to hypoxia. In order to survive, all organisms adapt physiologically and optimally to the high-altitude environment, and there cannot be any “loss of adaptation”. A favorable evolution in HAPE and pulmonary hypertension can result from the oxygen treatment along with other measures.

Pathogenesis of pulmonary edema: Learning from high-altitude pulmonary edema

2007 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Sartori ◽  
Yves Allemann ◽  
Urs Scherrer
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Edema ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

scholarly journals High‐altitude Pulmonary Edema: Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuchi Bhagi ◽  
Swati Srivastava ◽  
Shashi Bala Singh
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Edema ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
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