Medical recommendations for women going to altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-31

  Jean, Dominique ^a,b   Leal, Conxita ^a,c   Kriemler, Susi ^d   Meijer, Heleen ^a,e   Moore, Lorna G ^f  

^a Medical Commission UIAA   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Inst d'Estudis de Med de Muntanya   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Aeromedical Institute   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Climbing; Contraception; High altitude peripheral edema; High altitude pulmonary edema; Hypoxia; Intrauterine growth restriction; Mountaineering; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DESOGESTREL; ESTROGEN; GESTODENE; IRON; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LUNG EDEMA; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MENSTRUATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRAVEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 17344365480     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2005.6.22     Document Type: Article

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