Trial reportCirculation2016
Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema: Pathophysiology and Risk Reduction With Sildenafil.
Trial report in Circulation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00815646 (Effects of the Dive Reflex on Pulmonary Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressures in Subjects Who Have Experienced Immersion Pulmonary Edema), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of the Dive Reflex on Pulmonary Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressures in Subjects Who Have Experienced Immersion Pulmonary Edema
Who cites it
41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Performance, physiology, and determinants of success in IRONMAN® 70.3: A systematic review.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Joint position statement on immersion pulmonary oedema and diving from the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) and the United Kingdom Diving Medical Committee (UKDMC) 2024.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2024Guideline
- Swimming-induced pulmonary oedema in triathletes: A narrative review of epidemiology, risk factors and prevention.Sports medicine and health science · 2026Review
- Review
- Successful Management of Recurrent Hemoptysis, Polycythemia and Respiratory Distress in a Dog.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema With Concomitant Myocardial Injury: Case Report and Review of the Literature.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Acute Lung Injury Induced by Hyperbaric Oxygen or Other External Factors, with a Focus on Exosomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema Masquerading as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Physiological monitoring to prevent diving disorders.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Exploring the Multifaceted Potential of Sildenafil in Medicine.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Characterizing Immersion Pulmonary Edema (IPE): A Comparative Study of Military and Recreational Divers.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Individual Changes in Respiratory Compliance Upon Immersion May Predict Susceptibility to Immersion Pulmonary Edema.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Myocardial oedema in the setting of immersion pulmonary oedema - Cause or effect?BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Oxygen uptake (Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Swimming-induced pulmonary edema with review of literature.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2022Article
- Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema: An Underrecognized Cause of Triathlon-Associated Medical Emergencies.JACC. Case reports · 2022Article
- Response to: Correspondence on 'Cardiovascular considerations for scuba divers' by WilmshurstHeart (British Cardiac Society) · 2022Article
- Observational
- Cardiovascular considerations for scuba divers.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2022Review
- Global longitudinal strain assessment of cardiac function and extravascular lung water formation after diving using semi-closed circuit rebreather.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Observational
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Abstract
backgroundSwimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) occurs during swimming or scuba diving, often in young individuals with no predisposing conditions, and its pathophysiology is poorly understood. This study tested the hypothesis that pulmonary artery and pulmonary artery wedge pressures are higher in SIPE-susceptible individuals during submerged exercise than in the general population and are reduced by sildenafil. METHODS AND
resultsTen study subjects with a history of SIPE (mean age, 41.6 years) and 20 control subjects (mean age, 36.2 years) were instrumented with radial artery and pulmonary artery catheters and performed moderate cycle ergometer exercise for 6 to 7 minutes while submersed in 20°C water. SIPE-susceptible subjects repeated the exercise 150 minutes after oral administration of 50 mg sildenafil. Work rate and mean arterial pressure during exercise were similar in controls and SIPE-susceptible subjects. Average o2 and cardiac output in controls and SIPE-susceptible subjects were: o2 2.42 L·min(-1) versus 1.95 L·min(-1), P=0.2; and cardiac output 17.9 L·min(-1) versus 13.8 L·min(-1), P=0.01. Accounting for differences in cardiac output between groups, mean pulmonary artery pressure at cardiac output=13.8 L·min(-1) was 22.5 mm Hg in controls versus 34.0 mm Hg in SIPE-susceptible subjects (P=0.004), and the corresponding pulmonary artery wedge pressure was 11.0 mm Hg versus 18.8 mm Hg (P=0.028). After sildenafil, there were no statistically significant differences in mean pulmonary artery pressure or pulmonary artery wedge pressure between SIPE-susceptible subjects and controls.
conclusionsThese observations confirm that SIPE is a form of hemodynamic pulmonary edema. The reduction in pulmonary vascular pressures after sildenafil with no adverse effect on exercise hemodynamics suggests that it may be useful in SIPE prevention. CLINICAL
trial registrationURL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00815646.
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