Efficient breathing circuit for use at altitude

Kyle T S Pattinson; Ron B Somogyi; Joseph A Fisher; Arthur R Bradwell; Society the Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary

doi:10.1580/pr08-04.1

Efficient breathing circuit for use at altitude

Wilderness Environ Med. 2005 Summer;16(2):101-3. doi: 10.1580/pr08-04.1.

Authors

Kyle T S Pattinson¹, Ron B Somogyi, Joseph A Fisher, Arthur R Bradwell; Society the Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary

Affiliation

¹ Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. kyletsp@postmaster.co.uk

PMID: 15974260
DOI: 10.1580/pr08-04.1

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Altitude Sickness / diagnosis*
Altitude Sickness / pathology
Altitude Sickness / therapy*
Brain Edema / diagnosis
Brain Edema / pathology
Brain Edema / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Treatment
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation* / instrumentation
Male
Middle Aged
Mountaineering