Pulmonary Edema of High Altitude

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Studies on two groups of men, one of which was composed of patients in whom high altitude pulmonary edema had developed, have shown that it was possible to separate one group from the other. Persons who were susceptible to pulmonary edema had shorter chests, smaller lung volumes, increased pulmonary arterial pressures, and higher pulse rates. Hypoxic breathing lowered the oxygen saturation of the arterial blood to a greater extent in susceptible persons than in normal subjects. They were hyper reactors to hypoxic stress in that their pulmonary arterial pressures rose significantly more than in normal subjects. The rise in pulse rate was also greater. On the other hand, they were hyporeactors to the cold pressor test.

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