High-altitude illness
- Author:
- Basnyat, Buddha, Murdoch, David R.
- Title:
- High-altitude illness
- Periodical:
- The Lancet
- Year:
- 2003
- Volume:
- 361
- Pages:
- 1967-1974
- Subject:
- Altitude mountain sickness (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) Cerebral edema Pulmonary edema
- Summary:
- High-altitude illness is the collective term for acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). This document describes the epidemiology of AMS as well as the clinical presentation, pathophysiology, the prevention and treatment of these disorders, and the findings that resulted from this study.
- Label:
- Altitude Mountain Sickness (AMS)
- URL:
- http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13591-X
- Date:
- 2003 June 7
- Collection:
- Periodicals