To compare the incomparable: COVID-19 pneumonia and high-altitude disease

Giacomo Strapazzon; Matthias P Hilty; Pierre Bouzat; Lorenza Pratali; Hermann Brugger; Simon Rauch

doi:10.1183/13993003.01362-2020

To compare the incomparable: COVID-19 pneumonia and high-altitude disease

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jun 25;55(6):2001362. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01362-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

Authors

Giacomo Strapazzon^{1

2}, Matthias P Hilty³, Pierre Bouzat⁴, Lorenza Pratali⁵, Hermann Brugger^{6

2}, Simon Rauch^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy giacomo.strapazzon@eurac.edu.
² Dept of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Dept Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
⁵ Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research - CNR, Pisa, Italy.
⁶ Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy.
⁷ Dept of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, "F. Tappeiner" Hospital, Merano, Italy.

Abstract

COVID-19 pneumonia is a viral infection; high-altitude pulmonary oedema is a non-cardiogenic oedema. Some clinicians have found the clinical features similar. It is important to clarify such misconceptions to prevent erroneous treatment strategies https://bit.ly/2KOBi3F

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Altitude Sickness / complications*
Altitude Sickness / diagnosis
Altitude Sickness / physiopathology*
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / etiology
Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
SARS-CoV-2