What is the appropriate cardiac work-up and management for an otherwise healthy individual who has experienced immersion pulmonary edema while scuba diving?
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Cardiology · Hartford Hospital
Immersion pulmonary edema (IPE) is rare in the general population, but does occur in approximately 1% of triathletes and more frequently among military recruits (Kumar and Thompson, PMID 30403902). IPE is due to acute increases in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), which can flood the alveol...
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Cardiology · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Immersion Pulmonary edema has two subcategories. One that of scuba divers' pulmonary edema (SDPE) and swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE).
Swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) often occurs in young individuals without predisposing conditions. I have seen cases of this, most commonly in triathl...