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Immersion pulmonary edema (also known as swimming-induced pulmonary edema, SIPE) is a condition in which the lungs fill with fluid (pulmonary edema) during a dive or vigorous swim, causing cough with bloody sputum, shortness of breath and reduced blood oxygen levels. In the Navy this usually occurs
High altitude pulmonary edema is a life-threatening condition that remains a concern for climbers and clinicians alike. It is defined as a non-cardiac pulmonary edema occurring at altitudes exceeding 3000m in non-acclimatised individuals. Within the last decade, studies have shown ultrasonography to
Three different types of experiments will be performed:
(A). Testing of Cross corrections breathing air at 8,000 (0.743 ATA) and 10,000 ft (0.688 ATA). Subjects will be decompressed in a hypobaric chamber to one of the altitudes above. A no-stop dive to 60 fsw will be tested at each altitude (2.82
Hyperbaric oxygenation chambers are FDA-approved and regulated devices. Hyperbaric oxygenation therapy (HBOT) is a medical procedure in which participants inspire enriched oxygen while their bodies are subjected to pressure greater than ambient barometric pressure at sea level (i.e., greater than 1
Rationale: High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is characterized by excessive pulmonary vasoconstriction and is associated with decreased concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) in the lung. Objectives: We hypothesized that individuals susceptible to HAPE (HAPE-S) would also have dysfunction of the
Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease affecting the pulmonary vessels and leading to an increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and thus right heart strain. The result is an increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and with time dilation of the right heart chambers as