Chest pain in six Taiwanese teenagers at high altitudes

Chih Hung Lo; Wei Fong Kao; Chorng Kuang How; Li Hua Li; Ding Kuo Chien; Yu Hui Chiu

doi:10.1093/jtm/taac050

Chest pain in six Taiwanese teenagers at high altitudes

Chih Hung Lo, Wei Fong Kao, Chorng Kuang How, Li Hua Li, Ding Kuo Chien, Yu Hui Chiu

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Although severe, life-threatening high-altitude pulmonary edema(HAPE) is relatively rare, subclinical or very mild HAPE occurs at altitudes of 2500–3000 m.1 It is important to determine whether teenagers complaining of chest discomfort while they are on mountains have HAPE and quantify of the severity of illness.
Unfortunately, there is a paucity of literature focusing on the clinical management of such cases.

Original language	English
Article number	taac050
Journal	Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac050
Publication status	Published - Aug 20 2022

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