Reproducibility of acute mountain sickness in children and adults: A prospective study

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Rexhaj, Emrush ^a   Garcin, Sophie ^a   Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a,b   Duplain, Hervé ^a   Stuber, Thomas ^b   Allemann, Yves ^b   Sartori, Claudio ^a   Scherrer, Urs ^a,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude; Children; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957892337     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3756     Document Type: Article

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