José Antonio Viruez-Soto, Amílcar Tinoco-Solórzano
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Abstract
espanolEl edema agudo de pulmon de altura es una condicion medica potencialmente mortal. Se conoce tambien como edema agudo de pulmon de altura “de reentrada” y puede ocurrir en residentes de la altura que retornan de una estadia en una zona de menor altitud. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de sexo masculino de 14 anos de edad, nativo y residente de la ciudad de El Alto (La Paz, Bolivia), a 4090 metros sobre el nivel del mar, que presenta un cuadro de edema agudo pulmonar de altura a su regreso de una localidad a 500 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Este paciente requirio tratamiento intensivo y tuvo una evolucion favorable. EnglishAcute high-altitude pulmonary edema is a potentially life-threatening medical condition. Also known as acute re-entry high-altitude pulmonary edema, it may occur in highland dwellers who return to their hometown after having stayed at a lower-level area. This is the case of a 14 year-old male patient, native to and resident of the city of El Alto (La Paz, Bolivia), located at 4,090 meters above sea level. The patient developed acute high-altitude pulmonary edema when returning from a town at 500 meters above sea level. He required intensive care and showed a favorable evolutio