Open AccessAtypical High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presentation at an Altitude of Less Than 3000 Meters Elevation: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Todd Bolotin,
Kayla E Prokopakis,
Bruce M. Becker
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s336951
Subject(s) - medicine , nausea , effects of high altitude on humans , cerebral edema , high altitude pulmonary edema , edema , altitude (triangle) , anesthesia , pediatrics , surgery , pulmonary edema , geometry , mathematics , anatomy , lung
Atypical presentations of high altitude cerebral edema may have a stuttering course that can be similar to more common and benign pathology at a lower altitude than typically causes high altitude cerebral edema.