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Isolated high-altitude cerebral edema in the Himalayas: a case report. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Med Surg (Lond)
Paneru R   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Morphological brain changes in high-altitude careers and spaceflights: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Neurol
Mohamed MI   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Altitude sickness and acetazolamide

BMJ, 2018
### What you need to know A 25 year old man plans to trek to Everest Base Camp (5545 m) in Nepal for charity. He asks you for a prescription of acetazolamide to prevent mountain sickness. For most people, mountain sickness is a self limiting illness, but it can become life threatening.
Jonathan, Williamson   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

[Altitude sickness].

Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten, 2005
Up to half of people who ascend to heights above 2500 m may develop acute mountain sickness, pulmonary oedema, or cerebral oedema, with the risk being greater at higher altitudes, and with faster rates of ascent.We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical questions: What are the effects of interventions to prevent, and ...
Marc Moritz, Berger, Peter, Bärtsch
  +9 more sources

Pharmacological control of altitude sickness

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 1991
Acute mountain sickness has long been recognized as a potentially life-threatening condition afflicting otherwise healthy individuals who ascend rapidly to high altitude, where the partial pressure of oxygen in the air is reduced. The symptoms of acute mountain sickness are probably a consequence of disturbances in fluid balance brought about by severe
openaire   +2 more sources

Medicine and Mechanisms in Altitude Sickness

Sports Medicine, 1995
Acute mountain sickness (AMS) has long been recognised as a potentially life-threatening condition afflicting otherwise healthy normal individuals who ascend rapidly to high altitude where the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in the air is reduce. The symptoms of AMS (e.g.
openaire   +2 more sources

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