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Disease Information for High altitude pulmonary edema

Clinical Manifestations
Signs & Symptoms: Acrocyanosis/Cyanosis extremities; Blue lips; Chest Pain; Chest pain, substernal/midline; Cyanosis; Exertional syncope/presyncope; Gallop rhythms; Non-Pleuritic Chest Pain; Presyncope; Right ventricular heave; Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
: Sweating Excess Perspiration
: Altered mental status Mental status change; CNS symptoms/signs; Confusion/Disoriented; Impaired judgement/signs; Sudden unconsciousness; Unconscious/Narcosis status
: Apnea In Children; Bronchospasm signs; Chest pain/non-cardiac; Cough; Cough Acute; Cough Dry Non-productive; Cough Exertional; Cyanosis Child; Dyspnea; Dyspnea at rest; Dyspnea on exertion; Gurgling respiration sounds; Lung signs/abnormality; Nocturnal apnea/irregular breathing; Orthopnea; Painful cough; Pulmonary Crackles; Rales; Rales,wet; Rapid Breathing; Respiratory distress; Shortness of breath/SOB; Sputum/pink frothy; Sudden onset dyspnea; Tachypnea/Increased respiratory rate; Wheezing
: Acutely ill patient/signs
Disease Progression: Course/Acute; Course/Acute only
Demographics & Risk Factors
Travel, Geographic & Climate Related Factors: Residence/travel/Mountanous areas
Established Disease Population: Patient/Atrial septal defect
Population Group: Man
Sex & Age Groups: Population/Male; Population/Man patient
Laboratory Tests
Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased: PCO2, arterial blood (Lab); pO2, arterial blood (Lab)
Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased: pH, arterial blood (Lab)
Diagnostic Test Results
Electrodiagnosis: Pulse oximetry/low O2 saturation
EKG (ECG): EKG/Peaked tall P Waves 2,3,F leads (ECG)
: EKG/T Wave inversion/V1,V2,V3 (ECG)
: EKG/Sinus tachycardia (ECG)
X-RAY: Xray/Chest abnormal
: Xray/Chest/Lung fields/Abnormal; Xray/Interstitial edema/Chest; Xray/Kerley A Lines/Chest; Xray/Kerley lines/Chest film; Xray/Lung consolidation/Chest
Ultrasound: Echo/Normal IVC collapse absent
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
Rule Outs: Pneumonia; Pneumonia, aspiration; Pneumonia, bacterial
Associated Disease & Complications: Acute cor pulmonale; Alkalosis; Alkalosis, respiratory; Apnea; Coma in Children; Coma/Unconscious; Dehydration; Hemoconcentration effect; High altitude pulmonary edema syndrome; Hypoxemia; Hypoxia, systemic; Pulmonary edema; Pulmonary edema/non-cardiogenic; Respiratory distress (adult) syndrome; Respiratory failure/Pulmonary insufficiency
: Cardiac death, sudden
Disease Mechanism & Classification
Pathophysiology: Pathophysiology/Edematous process
: Pathophysiology/High cardiac filling pressures/venous return
: Pathophysiology/Alveolar consolidation; Pathophysiology/Respiratory Alkalosis and Hypoxia
Process: PROCESS/Complicating disorder (ex); PROCESS/Complicating/Specific process disorder (ex); PROCESS/Electromagnetic/physics trauma (category); PROCESS/Environment disorder/disease (ex); PROCESS/High altitude disorder (ex).
Treatment
Drug Therapy - Indication: RX/Acetazolamide (Diamox); RX/Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor; RX/Oxygen
Other Treatments: TX/Portable Hyperbaric Bag
Definition: Be the first to add a definition for High altitude pulmonary edema
External Links Related to High altitude pulmonary edema: Google; Wikipedia; Merck; Images; PubMed (National Library of Medicine); NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse); Medscape (eMedicine); Harrison's Online (accessmedicine); NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)

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