Differentiating COVID-19 Pneumonia From Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Therapeutic Implications

Circulation. 2020 Jul 14;142(2):101-104. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047915. Epub 2020 May 5.

Authors

Stephen L Archer¹, Willard W Sharp², E Kenneth Weir³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (S.L.A.).
² Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL (W.W.S.).
³ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (E.K.W.).

No abstract available

Keywords: acute lung injury; altitude; hypertension, pulmonary; hypoxia; mitochondria; pneumonia; pulmonary edema.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Altitude Sickness / metabolism
Altitude Sickness / pathology*
Altitude Sickness / therapy
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / metabolism
Coronavirus Infections / pathology*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Dyspnea / etiology
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / metabolism
Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy
Hypoxia / etiology
Lung / blood supply
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / metabolism
Pneumonia, Viral / pathology*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / metabolism
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / pathology*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Vasoconstriction

Supplementary concepts

Pulmonary edema of mountaineers

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