Efficient breathing circuit for use at altitude.
We describe a case report of a subject suffering high-altitude cerebral and pulmonary edema successfully treated with low flow rates of supplemental oxygen administered with a breathing system designed to conserve oxygen supplies at high altitude.
Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. kyletsp@postmaster.co.uk
Kyle T S
KT
Pattinson
Ron B
RB
Somogyi
Joseph A
JA
Fisher
Arthur R
AR
Bradwell
D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009051:Mountaineering