High altitude cerebral and pulmonary edema

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 199-211

  Basnyat, Buddha ^a  

^a PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Altitude illness; New pathophysiological mechanisms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BICARBONATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FUROSEMIDE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYDRALAZINE; MORPHINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIURESIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LUNG EDEMA; MOUNTAINEERING; OXIDATION; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TINGLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 24344432783     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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