Open AccessClinical Features of Patients With Severe Altitude Illness in Nepal
Author(s) -
Eyal Leshem,
Prativa Pandey,
David R. Shlim,
Kazuko Hiramatsu,
Yechezkel Sidi,
Eli Schwartz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00229.x
Subject(s) - medicine , high altitude pulmonary edema , altitude (triangle) , incidence (geometry) , altitude sickness , effects of high altitude on humans , pediatrics , demography , pulmonary edema , lung , physics , geometry , mathematics , anatomy , sociology , optics
Trekking in Nepal is a popular adventure travel activity involving more than 80,000 people of all ages annually. This study focuses on the demographic characteristics and clinical course of altitude illness patients evacuated to Kathmandu and estimates the rates of evacuation in different regions of Nepal.