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

Wilderness & environmental medicine, 2024-03, Vol.35 (1), p.78-81 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Pediatric High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Case Study
Author: Hodnick, Ryan ; Cohen, Michael L. ; Loehner, Joseph B. ; Mazzanti, Jennifer
Subjects: Altitude ; Altitude Sickness - therapy ; Child ; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ; Humans ; Hypertension, Pulmonary ; Pulmonary Edema - etiology ; Pulmonary Edema - therapy
Is Part Of: Wilderness & environmental medicine, 2024-03, Vol.35 (1), p.78-81
Description: Treatment 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 with HAPE in the prehospital aeromedical environment. It illustrates the potential benefit of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a treatment modality in the treatment of HAPE.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1080-6032
EISSN: 1545-1534
DOI: 10.1177/10806032231222003
PMID: 38379480
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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