Nelson Villca, Adriana Asturizaga, Alexandra Heath-Freudenthal
Hospital Materno Infantil. Hospital de la Banca Privada. Kardiozentrum.
Bolivia
Pediatric Clinics of North America
Pediatr Clin North Am 2021; 68: 305-319
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.09.015
Abstract
Healthy children may present acute mountain sickness (AMS) within a few hours after arrival at high altitudes. In few cases, serious complications may occur, including high-altitude pulmonary edema and rarely high-altitude cerebral edema. Those with preexisting conditions especially involving hypoxia and pulmonary hypertension shall not risk travelling to high altitudes. Newborn from low altitude mothers may have prolonged time to complete postnatal adaptation. The number of children and adolescents traveling on commercial aircrafts is growing, and this poses a need for their treating physicians to be aware of the potential risks of hypoxia while air traveling.
Category
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Symptoms and Findings Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Medical Therapy. Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy
Review Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication
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