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High-altitude illness: Management approach
Gökhan Aksel1, Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu2, Can Özen3
1University of Health Sciences, Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, Emergency Medicine Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
In high altitudes, usually above 2500 m, travelers are faced with decreased partial pressure of oxygen along with decreased barometric pressure. High-altitude illness, a syndrome of acute mountain sickness, high-altitude cerebral edema and high-altitude pulmonary edema, occurs due to the hypobaric hypoxia when there is inadequate acclimatization. This review provides detailed information about pathophysiology, clinical features, prevention and treatment strategies for high-altitude illness according to the current literature.
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