Reducing the Incidence of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

  1. Matiram Pun; and
  2. Laxmi V. Ghimire, MBBS
  1. From Institute of Medicine and Tribhuvan, University Teaching Hospital, and Nick Simons Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    In their randomized trial, Maggiorini and colleagues (1) report their impressive outcome that both tadalafil and dexamethasone may reduce the incidence of high-altitude pulmonary edema. They used a dosage of 10 mg twice daily for tadalafil or 8 mg twice daily …

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