Hypoxia and Medicine

HAPE xray jpg

HAPE xray jpg

Summary: What is High Altitude Pulmonary Edema HAPE HAPE is an accumulation of fluid in the air sacs of the lungs due to leaky capillaries It severely inhibits exchange of oxygen in the lungs and can result in death HAPE symptoms start

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