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Classroom classification

百科

Altitude illness

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Common symptoms

昏迷、疲乏、呼吸困难、颅压增高、丛伊可、昏睡、烦躁不安、气短、抽搐、神志不清、气急

The pathology of disease

Altitude illness includes acute mountain sickness; high-altitude cerebral edema; high-altitude pulmonary edema; rapid ascent; headache; dyspnea; descend; acclimatize; acetazolamide; emergency.

Symptoms

Headache after ascent; nausea; dyspnea at rest; child/adult; rapid ascent; HACE/HAPE emergency

Causes

Hypobaric hypoxia; rapid ascent; altitude illness; individual susceptibility.

Treatment

Descend; oxygen; dexamethasone for HACE; nifedipine for HAPE; acetazolamide prophylaxis; acclimatize; emergency

Dept

Emergency / pulmonology / high-altitude medicine.

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