Clinical Study
Lung Ultrasound Is Accurate for the Diagnosis of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Prospective Study
Table 2
Characteristics of enrolling patients.
| HAPE severity according to HULTGREN grades | Grade 1 (mild) | 3 | Grade 2 (moderate) | 21 | Grade 3 (serious) | 93 | Grade 4 (severe) | 9 | Patients of non-HAPE (number %) | 22 (14.9) | Bronchitis | 1 (0.7) | Acute upper respiratory infection | 4 (2.7) | Acute mild high-altitude disease | 17 (11.5) | Radiologic score of extravascular lung water of HAPE (before treatment) | Median (IQR) | 39 (29–48) | Range | 0–83 |
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Interquartile range (IQR) expressed as the 25th and 75th percentiles. |