Billy Rios, David J. Driscoll, Dan G. McNamara
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor Cllege of Medicine.
United States
Pediatrics
Pediatrics 1985; 75: 314-317
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.75.2.314
Abstract
High-altitude pulmonary edema potentially is fatal. Adults with unilateral absence of a right pulmonary artery are particularly susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema. The occurrence of high-altitude pulmonary edema was documented in a child with congenital absence of the right pulmonary artery. Improvement occurred only upon descent to low altitude. Physicians should be aware of this life-threatening condition in children ascending to high altitude, particularly in individuals with unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery.
Category
Class III. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Alveolar Hypoxia
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Class I. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication
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