Category: Altitude Sickness

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Conditions and Diseases/Wounds and Injuries/Altitude Sickness

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• Altitude And Oxygenation   [rate it] [review it]
  Article from the Internet Journal of Rescue and Disaster Medicineon on the effects of altitude when transporting patients by airplane.

• Altitude Illness   [rate it] [review it]
  Summary of prevention and treatment methods.

• Altitude Sickness and Atmospheric Pressure   [rate it] [review it]
  Basic information plus a utility to calculate the atmospheric pressure at any altitude.

• American Academy of Family Physicians   [rate it] [review it]
  Overview article with an informational handout for patients.

• Apex Altitude   [rate it] [review it]
  A charity that exists to perform high altitude medical research and educate the public about the topic

• Bibliography of High-Altitude Medicine and Physiology   [rate it] [review it]
  Search by author, title, or citation.

• Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society   [rate it] [review it]
  Site of a group of medical scientists studying the effects of altitude and the causes and management of acute mountain sickness.

• CDC Travelers' Health Information on Altitude Illness   [rate it] [review it]
  CDC's advisory for people planning travel to destinations at altitude.

• Cerebral Syndromes   [rate it] [review it]
  Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness from AMS to HACE.

• Family Practice Notebook   [rate it] [review it]
  Outline of symptoms, prevention, and diagnosis for all altitude related illnesses.

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