Open AccessAcute mountain sickness
Author(s) -
Chiara Tassan Din,
Massimo Pesenti Campagi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2006.4.6
Subject(s) - medicine , pathophysiology , acute pulmonary edema , respiratory system , intensive care medicine , pulmonary edema , lung
“Acute mountain sickness” is multifaceted syndrome comprising neurological and respiratory symptoms, that can arise in unacclimatised people ascending rapidly to high altitudes. Physiopathology, clinical aspects and treatment of patients affected by this disorder will be discussed here. Moreover a case study of a 56 year old man, with acute pulmonary edema and acute mountain sickness will be presented in this report