Pulmonary Syndromes (Health/Injuries)
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Description: Article from Emergency Medicine covering HAPE.Altitude Illness Pulmonary Syndromes... Altitude illness is a set of syndromes due to hypoxic injury andor maladaptive physiological changes occurring at high altitude, generally above 8000 ft (2500 m). Highaltitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) refers to the severe pulmonary form. Highaltitude cough is a benign cause of coughing at high
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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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