Cerebral Syndromes (Health/Injuries)
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Description: Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness... from AMS to HACE.Altitude Illness Cerebral Syndromes Altitude illness refers to a constellation of syndromes that result from hypoxic injury alone or in combination with various maladaptive physiological changes. Cerebral syndromes usually develop at altitudes above 2500 m (8000 ft). Everyone traveling to altitude is at risk, regardless of the level of physical fitness or previous altitude experience.The cerebral form of altitude illness includes a spectrum of severity from mild (eg, acute mountain sickness [AMS]) to severe (eg, highaltitude cerebral
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