Acute mountain sickness


Submitted: 17 February 2013
Accepted: 17 February 2013
Published: 9 August 2006
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“Acute mountain sickness” is multifaceted syndrome comprising neurological and respiratory symptoms, that can arise in unacclimatised people ascending rapidly to high altitudes. Physiopathology, clinical aspects and treatment of patients affected by this disorder will be discussed here. Moreover a case study of a 56 year old man, with acute pulmonary edema and acute mountain sickness will be presented in this report.

Tassan Din, C., & Pesenti Campagnoni, M. (2006). Acute mountain sickness. Emergency Care Journal, 2(4), 6–13. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2006.4.6

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