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The Hen or the Egg: Impaired Alveolar Oxygen Diffusion and Acute High-altitude Illness?

Individuals ascending rapidly to altitudes >2500 m may develop symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS) within a few hours of arrival and/or high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), which occurs typically during the first three days after reaching altitudes above 3000–3500 m. Both diseases have dis...

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Autores principales: Mairbäurl, Heimo, Dehnert, Christoph, Macholz, Franziska, Dankl, Daniel, Sareban, Mahdi, Berger, Marc M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6747186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31443549
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20174105