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High-Altitude Illnesses: Physiology, Risk Factors, Prevention, and Treatment

High-altitude illnesses encompass the pulmonary and cerebral syndromes that occur in non-acclimatized individuals after rapid ascent to high altitude. The most common syndrome is acute mountain sickness (AMS) which usually begins within a few hours of ascent and typically consists of headache variab...

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Autor principal: Taylor, Andrew T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rambam Health Care Campus 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23908794
http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10022