Journeys to high altitude - Risks and recommendations for travelers with preexisting medical conditions

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-62

  Mieske, Kelly ^a   Flaherty, Gerard ^a   O'Brien, Timothy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; INSULIN; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALMETEROL; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL;

ALTITUDE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EMPORIATRICS; EPILEPSY; EYE DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; OBESITY; PLEURA DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; TRAVEL;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPORTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 74049098995     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Review

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