Clinical features of patients with severe altitude illness in Nepal

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 315-322

  Leshem, Eyal ^a   Pandey, Prativa ^b   Shlim, David R ^c   Hiramatsu, Kazuko ^d   Sidi, Yechezkel ^a   Schwartz, Eli ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CIWEC Travel Medicine Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^c Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine   (United States)

^d Secretary Embassy of India   (Nepal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 53749097607     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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