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Review
. 2013 Jun 13;368(24):2294-302.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1214870.

Clinical practice: Acute high-altitude illnesses

Peter Bärtsch  1 , Erik R Swenson
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Review

Clinical practice: Acute high-altitude illnesses

Peter Bärtsch et al. N Engl J Med. .

Abstract

A 45-year-old healthy man wishes to climb Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 m) in a 5-day period, starting at 1800 m. The results of a recent exercise stress test were normal; he runs 10 km 4 or 5 times per week and finished a marathon in less than 4 hours last year. He wants to know how he can prevent becoming ill at high altitude and whether training or sleeping under normobaric hypoxic conditions in the weeks before the ascent would be helpful. What would you advise?

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  • Acute high-altitude illnesses.
    Bärtsch P, Swenson ER. Bärtsch P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 24;369(17):1666-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309747. N Engl J Med. 2013. PMID: 24152275 No abstract available.
  • Acute high-altitude illnesses.
    Richalet JP, Canouï-Poitrine F, Canou-Poitrine F, Larmignat P. Richalet JP, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 24;369(17):1664-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309747. N Engl J Med. 2013. PMID: 24152276 No abstract available.
  • Acute high-altitude illnesses.
    Scherrer U, Rexhaj E, Rimoldi SF. Scherrer U, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 24;369(17):1665. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309747. N Engl J Med. 2013. PMID: 24152277 No abstract available.
  • Acute high-altitude illnesses.
    Colombo ES, Hoffman I. Colombo ES, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 24;369(17):1665-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309747. N Engl J Med. 2013. PMID: 24152278 No abstract available.
  • Acute high-altitude illnesses.
    Basnyat B. Basnyat B. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 24;369(17):1666. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309747. N Engl J Med. 2013. PMID: 24152279 No abstract available.

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