Acute high-altitude illnesses

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2294-2302

  Bärtsch, Peter ^a   Swenson, Erik R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; IBUPROFEN; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SALMETEROL; TADALAFIL;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEADACHE; HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBRAL EDEMA; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; DRUG EFFECT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACUTE DISEASE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; PULMONARY EDEMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878890136     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1214870     Document Type: Article

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