IPE, SDPE, PESD: What’s in a name? Letter

I was quite entertained to read the clashing commentaries by Dr. Mike Davis [1] and Dr. Carl Edmonds [2] regarding immersion pulmonary edema (IPE). Much of their disagreement centers on nomenclature for the condition and whether IPE warrants splitting into “scuba divers pulmonary edema” (SDPE) and “swimming-induced pulmonary edema” (SIPE).

DOI: 10.22462/1.2.2017.12