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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
High Altitude Illness
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, High altitude–associated neurologic conditions, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Subacute mountain sickness, Chronic mountain sickness (Monge disease), Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, High altitude–associated neurologic conditions, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Subacute mountain sickness, Chronic mountain sickness, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Subacute mountain sickness, Chronic mountain sickness, Imaging Studies, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Subacute and chronic mountain sickness, Diagnostic Procedures, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Subacute and chronic mountain sickness, Treatment, Medications, High altitude–associated neurologic conditions, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Chronic mountain sickness, Therapeutic Procedures, High altitude–associated neurologic conditions, Acute high-altitude pulmonary edema, Subacute mountain sickness, Chronic mountain sickness, Outcome, Prevention, When to Admit, References,
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Excerpt: | |  Acute mountain sickness: The severity correlates with altitude and rate of ascent
High-altitude cerebral edema | | – Appears to be an extension of the CNS symptoms of acute mountain sickness – Usually occurs at elevations above 2500 m (8250 ft) – More common in unacclimatized persons – Clinical findings are due largely to cerebral cellular hypoxia and cerebral vasogenic edema |
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