ALLMedicine™ High-altitude Pulmonary Edema Center

Mar 20th, 2023 - Blood gas analyzers (BGA) aid medical decision-making. Their specified performance criteria are based on sea level conditions. However, millions of people are living at high altitude (HA) where the performance of BGAs is poorly characterized. We i...

Feb 12th, 2023 - The hypobaric-hypoxia environment at high-altitude (HA, >2500 m) may influence DNA damage due to the production of reactive molecular species and high UV radiation. The telomere system, vital to chromosomal integrity and cellular viability, is pro...

Dec 29th, 2022 - High-altitude illness may result from short-term exposures to altitudes in excess of 2000 m (6560 ft). This illness comprises a spectrum of clinical entities that are probably the manifestations of the same disease process. High-altitude pulmonary...

Dec 29th, 2022 - Background High-altitude illness may result from short-term exposures to altitudes in excess of 2000 m (6560 ft). This illness comprises a spectrum of clinical entities that are probably the manifestations of the same disease process. High-altitud...

Dec 29th, 2022 - Background High-altitude illness may result from short-term exposures to altitudes in excess of 2000 m (6560 ft). This illness comprises a spectrum of clinical entities that are probably the manifestations of the same disease process. High-altitud...

Jul 19th, 2022 - Multicenter, double-blinded, randomized control trial. Enrollment is based on presentation to one of the treating facilities with clinical signs and symptoms of high-altitude pulmonary edema with a recent arrival at high altitude, an oxygen satura...

May 10th, 2019 - The overall goal of this study is to detect preclinical signs of HAPE by lung ultrasonography and evaluate the effectiveness of acetazolamide at decreasing pulmonary edema by using ultrasound.

Feb 18th, 2013 - The high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is the leading cause of death from high altitude sickness. At moderate altitude (2500-4500m) the incidence (0.2-6%) may be underestimated because only clinical HAPE leads to symptoms and motivates the patie...

Sep 15th, 2005 - Rationale: High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is characterized by excessive pulmonary vasoconstriction and is associated with decreased concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) in the lung. Objectives: We hypothesized that individuals susceptible to ...

Apr 21st, 2020 - For Luanne Freer, MD, an expert in high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and founder and director of Everest ER, a nonprofit seasonal clinic at the Mt. Everest base camp in Nepal (elevation, 17,600 ft), a sudden flurry of messages and questions she.

Apr 21st, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. For Luanne Freer, MD, an expert in high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and founder and director of Everest ER, a nonprofit seasonal clinic at the...

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Apr 6th, 2020 - Physicians in the COVID-19 trenches are beginning to question whether standard respiratory therapy protocols for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are the best approach for treating patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Courtesy Dr.