Jul 30, 2017
Author: Gretchen Hinson, M.D.
Educational Pearls
- High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is caused when hypoxemia due to low ambient pO2 leads to breakdown and constriction of the pulmonary vasculature leading to edema.
- HAPE is very rare under 8000 ft, but common over 10000 ft (6%). Over 18,000 ft the incidence is very...