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High altitude pulmonary edema and acute mountain sickness occur together more frequently than is generally recognized and have a common pathophysiological basis. Both are due to increased pressure and flow in the microcirculation, causing edema in the brain and edema in the lungs.
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Sutton, J.R. and Lassen, N.: Pathophysiology of acute mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary edema: an hypothesis. Bull. Europ. Physiopath. Resp. 15: 1045, 1979.
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Sutton, J.R., Lassen, N. (1982). Pathophysiology of Acute Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: An Hypothesis. In: Brendel, W., Zink, R.A. (eds) High Altitude Physiology and Medicine. Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5639-7_41
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