High-altitude illness. - Travel Doctor Online

Authors: Gallagher SA,Hackett PH,
Address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Aspen Valley Hospital, CO 81611, USA. docgliv@excite.com
Journal: Emerg Med Clin North Am.

Publication: 2004 May;22(2):329-55, viii.

abstract

Travel to a High altitude requires that the human body acclimatize to hypobaric hypoxia. Failure to acclimatize results in three common but preventable maladies known collectively as high-altitude illness: acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Capillary leakage in the brain (AMS/HACE) or lungs (HAPE) accounts for these syndromes. The morbidity and mortality associated with high-altitude illness are significant and unfortunate, given they are preventable. Practitioners working in or advising those traveling to a high altitude must be familiar with the early recognition of symptoms, prompt and appropriate therapy, and proper preventative measures for high-altitude illness.

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