Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 Lung Injury Is Different From High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Hermann Brugger^{1

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3

4}, Buddha Basnyat^{5

6}, John Ellerton⁷, Urs Hefti^{8

9}, Giacomo Strapazzon^{1

3

4

10}, Ken Zafren^{4

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12}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy.
² International Society of Mountain Medicine (President), Switzerland.
³ Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ International Commission for Alpine Rescue Medical Commission (ICAR MedCom), Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Nepal, Himalayan Rescue Association, and Travel and Mountain Medicine Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
⁶ International Society of Mountain Medicine (Past President), Switzerland.
⁷ International Commission for Alpine Rescue Medical Commission (ICAR MedCom) (President), Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Swiss Sportclinic, Bern, Switzerland.
⁹ Medical Commission International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) (President), Bern, Switzerland.
¹⁰ International Society of Mountain Medicine, Switzerland.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, USA.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA.

Comment

Hermann Brugger et al. High Alt Med Biol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;21(2):204-205.

doi: 10.1089/ham.2020.0061. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Hermann Brugger^{1

2

3

4}, Buddha Basnyat^{5

6}, John Ellerton⁷, Urs Hefti^{8

9}, Giacomo Strapazzon^{1

3

4

10}, Ken Zafren^{4

11

12}

¹ Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy.
² International Society of Mountain Medicine (President), Switzerland.
³ Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ International Commission for Alpine Rescue Medical Commission (ICAR MedCom), Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Nepal, Himalayan Rescue Association, and Travel and Mountain Medicine Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
⁶ International Society of Mountain Medicine (Past President), Switzerland.
⁷ International Commission for Alpine Rescue Medical Commission (ICAR MedCom) (President), Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Swiss Sportclinic, Bern, Switzerland.
⁹ Medical Commission International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) (President), Bern, Switzerland.
¹⁰ International Society of Mountain Medicine, Switzerland.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, USA.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

COVID-19 Lung Injury is Not High Altitude Pulmonary Edema.
Luks AM, Freer L, Grissom CK, McIntosh SE, Schoene RB, Swenson ER, Hackett PH. Luks AM, et al. High Alt Med Biol. 2020 Jun;21(2):192-193. doi: 10.1089/ham.2020.0055. Epub 2020 Apr 13. High Alt Med Biol. 2020. PMID: 32281877 No abstract available.