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(Chest. 1969;55:434-437.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

Pulmonary Function in Convalescents of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

J. S. Guleria M.D., F.C.C.P.1; J. N. Pande M.D.1; and P. K. Khanna M.D., D.M.1

1 Respiratory Laboratory, DepartInent of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Pulmonary function in 14 high altitude pulmonary edema convalescents were statisticaly compared to those of 27 control subjects. The convalescents to showed significant hypoxemia and widening of alveolar-arterial oxygen tension gradient. The resting DLCO was moderately increased. The results suggest persistence of plmonary dysfunction for more than 9 to 12 weeks after apparent clinical recovery from high altitude pulmonary edema.






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