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- Title
An Unusual Presentation of Pulmonary Edema During an Ice Dive at Altitude.
- Authors
Sanou, Aliye Z; Murray, Robert L; Hernandez, Eli; Sherrier, David
- Abstract
Military diving operations occur in a wide range of austere environments, including high-altitude environments and cold weather environments; however, rarely do both conditions combine. Ice diving at altitude combines the physiologic risks of diving, a hypothermic environment, and a high-altitude environment all in one. Careful planning and consideration of the potential injuries and disease processes affiliated with the aforementioned physiologic risks must be considered. In this case report, we describe a Navy diver who became obtunded secondary to hypoxia during an ice dive at 2,987 m (9,800 ft) elevation and was subsequently diagnosed with high-altitude pulmonary edema. Further consideration of the environment, activities, and history does not make this a clear case, and swimming-induced pulmonary edema which physiologically possesses many overlaps with high-altitude pulmonary edema may have contributed or been the ultimate causal factor for the diver's acute response.
- Subjects
PULMONARY edema; COLD weather conditions; ICE diving; LUNG diseases; HIGH altitude pulmonary edema
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2023, Vol 188, Issue 1/2, p392
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/milmed/usac081