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Lung Ultrasound in High Altitude Lung Edema

NCT03117686 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

High altitude pulmonary edema is a life-threatening condition that remains a concern for climbers and clinicians alike. It is defined as a non-cardiac pulmonary edema occurring at altitudes exceeding 3000m in non-acclimatised individuals. Recently, studies conducted in remote areas have demonstrated that ultrasound lung comets (B lines) can be used as a measure of sub-acute pulmonary edema and high altitude pulmonary edema in climbers ascending to altitude. the investigators want to assess the occurrence of of comet tails (B lines) as a measure of pulmonary edema among patients after lung transplantation and healthy individuals during an expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Edema

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

lung ultrasound

lung ultrasound with positive "B-line pattern" in patients after lung transplantations and healthy volunteers at sea level and high altitude (4600 m) at Mountb Kilimanjaro

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Vienna

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ulrike Weber, M.D. · Medical University of Vienna

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-10
Primary Completion
2017-06-22
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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