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Originally known as “high altitude pneumonia”, high-altitude pulmonary edema is a threatening form of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. In other words, fluid accumulation in the lungs. HAPE symptoms typically overlap with other diagnoses, one of which being pneumonia. Before HAPE was identified and understood, it was commonly confused with pneumonia, hence the original name, “high altitude pneumonia”. HAPE typically develops in […]