The pathology of high altitude: An introduction to the disease states of high altitude

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-112

  Mason, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; ILOPROST; NAFTIDROFURYL OXALATE; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; TEMAZEPAM; ZOLPIDEM;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BREATHING; COLD INJURY; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0033915393     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cacc.2000.0243     Document Type: Article

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