Medical Conditions and High-Altitude Travel

Travel to high altitude is increasing. The authors discuss physiological changes at high altitude, pretravel evaluation for common medical conditions, and the risks of high-altitude headache, acute mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema, and high-altitude cerebral edema.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2022-01, Vol.386 (4), p.364-373
Hauptverfasser:	Luks, Andrew M, Hackett, Peter H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acetazolamide - therapeutic use Altitude Altitude Sickness - drug therapy Altitude Sickness - etiology Altitude Sickness - prevention & control Altitude Sickness - therapy Asthma Atmospheric pressure Brain Edema - etiology Brain Edema - therapy Cardiovascular disease Chronic Disease - epidemiology Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine General Counseling Critical Care Critical Care General Dexamethasone - therapeutic use Disease prevention Edema Female High-altitude environments Humans Hypertension Hypertension, Pulmonary - therapy Hypoxia Hypoxia - etiology Hypoxia - physiopathology Illnesses Male Outpatient-Based Clinical Medicine Oxygen Saturation Physiology Polls & surveys Pregnancy Pulmonary Pulmonary arteries Risk Factors Sleep Travel
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Zusammenfassung:	Travel to high altitude is increasing. The authors discuss physiological changes at high altitude, pretravel evaluation for common medical conditions, and the risks of high-altitude headache, acute mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema, and high-altitude cerebral edema.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMra2104829