Acute menace of mountains that cardiologist must know;Le mal aigu des montagnes ce que doit savoir le cardiologue

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux - Pratique

Volumn , Issue 143, 2005, Pages 19-21

  Savourey, Gustave ^a   Launay, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIURETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYOPIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RASH; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 30444434591     PISSN: 1261694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1261-694x(05)88146-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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