Altitude illness

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7395, 2003, Pages 915-919

  Barry, P W ^a   Pollard, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FUROSEMIDE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; IBUPROFEN; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOREXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIURESIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0037623522     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7395.915     Document Type: Review

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