High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in a Healthy Pediatric Patient Traveling from Denver to Breckenridge.

Open Access Emergency Medicine : OAEM Pub Date : 2022-01-04 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI:10.2147/OAEM.S334485
Matthew Adamo, Kayla E Prokopakis, Todd Bolotin
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Abstract

A healthy 11-year-old boy presented with headache, nausea, and cough to a clinic at 2926 meters of altitude one day after ascending from his home altitude of 1578 meters. The patient had made multiple trips to the same altitude without any symptoms or sequelae throughout his childhood. Physical examination was significant for rales, tachycardia, and pulse oximetry level of 86% on room air. Radiographic evaluation with plain films revealed patchy alveolar opacities throughout the right lung. He received treatment with dexamethasone and high-flow face mask supplemental oxygen. In less than two hours, his rales had resolved, and his oxygen saturation had dramatically improved. He was discharged back to his native altitude and was at his baseline later the same day. High altitude pulmonary edema is a rare occurrence in children, but it is exceedingly rare for a healthy child with no history of pulmonary hypertension ascending only 1348 meters.

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从丹佛到布雷肯里奇的健康儿科患者的高原肺水肿。
一名11岁的健康男孩,从家乡海拔1578米上升一天后,以头痛、恶心、咳嗽等症状到海拔2926米的诊所就诊。患者在童年时期多次到同一海拔高度旅行,无任何症状或后遗症。体格检查有明显的罗音、心动过速和室内空气脉搏血氧饱和度为86%。x线平片示右肺斑片状肺泡混浊。给予地塞米松治疗和高流量面罩供氧。在不到两个小时的时间里,他的症状消失了,他的血氧饱和度也显著提高了。他出院回到原来的海拔高度,并在同一天晚些时候回到他的基线。高原肺水肿在儿童中很少发生,但对于没有肺动脉高压病史的健康儿童,仅上升1348米就极为罕见。
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