High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Two Pediatric Patients with Pre-Existing Lung Disease

Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Marei Assiri, Norah Alshehri, Noha Saad Alyazidi, Ahmed Alasmari, Saud Q. Alshabab, Nada Abdullah AsiriKing Khalid University. Abha Maternity and Children Hospital. Saudi Arabia Pediatric ReportsPediatr Rep 2024; 16: 271-277DOI: 10.3390/pediatric16020023 AbstractBackground: The illnesses associated with changes in barometric pressure can be classified into three types: acute mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), and

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Susceptibility to high-altitude pulmonary edema is associated with increased pulmonary arterial stiffness during exercise

Ashley Mulchrone, H. Moulton, Marlow W. Eldridge, Naomi C. CheslerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.United States Journal of Applied PhysiologyJ Appl Physiol 2020; 128: 514-522DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00153.2019 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a reversible form of capillary leak, is a common consequence of rapid ascension to high altitude and a major cause of death related to high-altitude exposure. Individuals with a

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

Alfredo Merino-Luna, Julio Vizcarra-AnayaSan Pablo Clinic Huaraz. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.Peru Case Reports in PediatricsCase Rep Pediatr 2020;DOI: 10.1155/2020/8871098 AbstractAcute 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

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High-altitude Illnesses and Air Travel: Pediatric Considerations

Nelson Villca, Adriana Asturizaga, Alexandra Heath-FreudenthalHospital Materno Infantil. Hospital de la Banca Privada. Kardiozentrum.Bolivia Pediatric Clinics of North AmericaPediatr Clin North Am 2021; 68: 305-319 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.09.015 AbstractHealthy 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

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[Reentry High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Pediatric Patients]

Luis Riaño López, Rossana Figueredo, Pablo Vásquez-HoyosFundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud.Columbia Andes PediatricaAndes Pediatr 2021; 92: 257-262DOI: 10.32641/andespediatr.v92i2.2977 AbstractIntroduction: High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) occurs when a person without adequate pulmonary adaptation ascends above 2500 meters above sea level. Usually, it is more frequent among those living at low altitudes, however, it can occur in people

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Post-exercise accumulation of interstitial lung water is greater in hypobaric than normobaric hypoxia in adults born prematurely

Tadej Debevec, Mathias Poussel, Damjam Osredkar, Sarah J. Willis, Claudio Sartori, Grégoire P. MilletUniversity of Ljubljana and University Children’s Hospital Ljubljana,. CHRU de Nancy. University of Lausanne, Lausanne. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois.Slovenia and Switzerland Respiratory Physiology and NeurobiologyRespir Physiol Neurobiol 2022; 297:DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103828 AbstractWe aimed to gauge the interstitial lung water accumulation following moderate-intensity exercise under

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Respiratory physiology at high altitude and considerations for pediatric patients

Zvonimir Bebic, Melissa Brooks Peterson, David M. PolanerUniversity of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine.United States Paediatric AnaesthesiaPaediatr Anaesth 2022; 32: 118-125DOI: 10.1111/pan.14380 AbstractOver 150 million people, including many children, live at high altitude (>2500 m) with the majority residing in Asia and South America. With increases

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Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is a potential biomarker for acute mountain sickness

Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi, Jennifer Küllmer, Sven Dietrich, Dominik Monz, Michael Zemlin, Erol TutdibiSaarland University Medical Center and Hospital for General Pediatrics and Neonatology.Germany Frontiers in PhysiologyFront Physiol 2023; 14:DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1083808 AbstractBackground: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the most common disease caused by hypobaric hypoxia (HH) in high-altitude (HA) associated with high mortality when progressing to high-altitude pulmonary edema

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High-altitude resident pulmonary edema induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection in children – A case series

Yumei Mi, Lisu Huang, Jieming Liu, Huamao Chao, Weilin Hu, Guodong ShanChildren’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.  Zhejiang Cancer Hospital and People’s Hospital of Haixi Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. China International Journal of Infectious DiseasesInt J Infect Dis 2023; 135: 118-122DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.08.015 AbstractFrom December 2022 to

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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Pediatric High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Case Study

Ryan Hodnick, Michael L. Cohen, Joseph B. Loehner, Jennifer MazzantiTrans Aero Medevac. TriState CareFlight.United States Wilderness and Environmental MedicineWilderness and Environ Med 2024; 35: 78-81DOI: 10.1177/10806032231222003 AbstractTreatment of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) can be challenging and is further complicated in the pediatric patient in the prehospital environment. The following case presents a decompensating pediatric patient

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