Consequently, some physician climbers have suspected another cause such as acute pulmonary edema. In 1959 I had the unusual opportunity of seeing such a case within reach of hospital facilities ...
Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) occurs when a large, negative intrathoracic pressure is generated against an obstructed upper airway, causing fluid to shift into the lung interstitium.
(CNN)-- Singer Stephen Gately, a member of the Irish band Boyzone, died of natural causes, a court spokeswoman on the Spanish island of Majorca said Tuesday. The court spokeswoman, who by custom ...