Role of point-of-care ultrasound in grading the severity and early diagnosis of high-altitude pulmonary edema at a peripheral hospital

Role of point-of-care ultrasound in grading the severity and early diagnosis of high-altitude pulmonary edema at a peripheral hospital

Background and Aims: Troops deployed at high-altitude area (HAA) suffer from various high-altitude illnesses (HAIs) including high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). There are various criteria to diagnose and assess the severity of HAPE, but point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) of the lung has also been u...

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Main Authors: Saurabh Sud, Yogesh Kumar, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Deepak Dwivedi, Arun Kumar, Archit Garg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Medical Society
Subjects:
acclimatization
chest x-ray
high-altitude pulmonary edema
lung ultrasound
point-of-care ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.marinemedicalsociety.in/article.asp?issn=0975-3605;year=2022;volume=24;issue=1;spage=11;epage=16;aulast=Sud

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