High-altitude pulmonary edema at moderate altitude as first manifestation of pulmonary hypertension in a 14-year-old boy with Down Syndrome

Wilderness Environ Med. 2006 Fall;17(3):207. doi: 10.1580/06-weme-le-016.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Altitude*
  • Comorbidity
  • Down Syndrome / complications*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Edema / diagnosis*
  • Risk Factors
  • Travel