Efficient Breathing Circuit for Use at Altitude

Kyle T. S. Pattinson; Ron B. Somogyi; Joseph A. Fisher; Arthur R. Bradwell

doi:10.1580/PR08-04.1

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Kyle T. S. Pattinson,¹ Ron B. Somogyi,¹ Joseph A. Fisher,¹ Arthur R. Bradwell¹

¹From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford,

Abstract

We describe a case report of a subject suffering high-altitude cerebral and pulmonary edema successfully treated with low flow rates of supplemental oxygen administered with a breathing system designed to conserve oxygen supplies at high altitude.

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Kyle T. S. Pattinson, Ron B. Somogyi, Joseph A. Fisher, and Arthur R. Bradwell "Efficient Breathing Circuit for Use at Altitude," Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 16(2), 101-103, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1580/PR08-04.1

Published: 1 June 2005