Acute mountain sickness and high altitude cerebral and pulmonary edema

Altitude hypoxia is responsible for acute mountain sickness. It can worsen and generate a high altitude cerebral edema, which can be fatal. After reminding the reader clinical and epidemiological facts, this review aims to present new insights of the physiopathological continuity between these two i...

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Published inLa revue du praticien Vol. 63; no. 1; p. 18
Main Authors Kedzierewicz, Romain, Cabane, Damien
Format Magazine Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.01.2013
Subjects
Acute Disease
Altitude
Altitude Sickness - complications
Altitude Sickness - epidemiology
Altitude Sickness - etiology
Altitude Sickness - prevention & control
Brain Edema - epidemiology
Brain Edema - etiology
Brain Edema - prevention & control
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary - epidemiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary - etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary - prevention & control
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Summary:Altitude hypoxia is responsible for acute mountain sickness. It can worsen and generate a high altitude cerebral edema, which can be fatal. After reminding the reader clinical and epidemiological facts, this review aims to present new insights of the physiopathological continuity between these two illnesses and the current preventive and treatment tools. Have new medications, as sumatriptans, kept their promises? Have recent studies provide evidence of empirical use of old drugs as aspirin or ibuprofen? What are acetazolamide and dexamethasone places? This wide range of medication doesn't replace non-pharmacological tools.
ISSN:0035-2640