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Annals of Disaster Medicine

ISSN:1684-193X

Updated August 31, 2004

Contents:
Volume 2, Supplement 2; April, 2004
Clinical Aspects of High-Altitude Illness
Sheng-Wen Hou, MD; Aming Chor-Min Lin, MD; Tzong-Luen Wang, MD, PhD

Abstract ---High-altitude illness includes acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Taiwan is a mountainous island and the high-altitude illness is relatively common. Actually, 28% of Jade mountain (3,952 m) climbers met the diagnoses of AMS. This article reviews recent update of phathophysiologyof high-altitude illness and provides evidence in the management of high-altitude illness.

 

Key words---High-Altitude Illness; Acute Mountain Sickness; High-Altitude Cerebral Edema; High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

 

 

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