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Expert group syndrome at high altitude
During a training session for the university diploma of Mountain medicine delivered by University Sorbonne Paris Nord for medical doctors, one of the participants developed signs of maladaptation to high altitude at 3 600 m, the severity of which was incorrectly interpreted. Information was sparingl...
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Chengdu Sport University
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2022.07.001 |
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author | Richalet, Jean-Paul Magnan, Marie-Anne Gavet, Alice Lafère, Pierre |
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description | During a training session for the university diploma of Mountain medicine delivered by University Sorbonne Paris Nord for medical doctors, one of the participants developed signs of maladaptation to high altitude at 3 600 m, the severity of which was incorrectly interpreted. Information was sparingly given by the patient (an anesthetist) to several of his colleagues and no one was in charge to collect clinical data, take a history, and provide appropriate treatment. The combination of the absence of designation of a supervising doctor and the difficulty of communicating with the patient led to a lack of coordinated management and to an evolution of the symptoms towards severe acute mountain sickness. Fortunately, the very rapid management of the patient and a rapid helicopter evacuation, as soon as the symptoms worsened towards the onset of a suspected high altitude cerebral and/or pulmonary edema, allowed rapid resolution without sequelae. Environmental, medical, psychological, and managerial factors led to this Expert Group Syndrome. |
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spelling | pubmed-94536852022-09-10 Expert group syndrome at high altitude Richalet, Jean-Paul Magnan, Marie-Anne Gavet, Alice Lafère, Pierre Sports Med Health Sci Case Report During a training session for the university diploma of Mountain medicine delivered by University Sorbonne Paris Nord for medical doctors, one of the participants developed signs of maladaptation to high altitude at 3 600 m, the severity of which was incorrectly interpreted. Information was sparingly given by the patient (an anesthetist) to several of his colleagues and no one was in charge to collect clinical data, take a history, and provide appropriate treatment. The combination of the absence of designation of a supervising doctor and the difficulty of communicating with the patient led to a lack of coordinated management and to an evolution of the symptoms towards severe acute mountain sickness. Fortunately, the very rapid management of the patient and a rapid helicopter evacuation, as soon as the symptoms worsened towards the onset of a suspected high altitude cerebral and/or pulmonary edema, allowed rapid resolution without sequelae. Environmental, medical, psychological, and managerial factors led to this Expert Group Syndrome. Chengdu Sport University 2022-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9453685/ /pubmed/36090916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2022.07.001 Text en © 2022 Chengdu Sport University. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Richalet, Jean-Paul Magnan, Marie-Anne Gavet, Alice Lafère, Pierre Expert group syndrome at high altitude |
title | Expert group syndrome at high altitude |
title_full | Expert group syndrome at high altitude |
title_fullStr | Expert group syndrome at high altitude |
title_full_unstemmed | Expert group syndrome at high altitude |
title_short | Expert group syndrome at high altitude |
title_sort | expert group syndrome at high altitude |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2022.07.001 |
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