In reply: steroids, atosiban and pulmonary oedema; are or may be a cause?
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Deaths in triathletes: immersion pulmonary oedema as a possible cause
BACKGROUND/AIM To address the question as to whether immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO) may be a common cause of death in triathlons, markers of swimming-induced pulmonary oedema (SIPO) susceptibility were sought in triathletes' postmortem examinations. METHODS Deaths while training for or during triathlon events in the USA and Canada from October 2008 to November 2015 were identified, and post...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0959-289X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2018.02.006