Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Cerebral Oedema, High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema: The Current Concepts

Affiliations

¹ Senior Consultant (Medicine), Office of the DGAFMS. New Delhi.
² Graded Specialist (Physiology),High Altitude Medical Research Center, 153 GH, C/o 56 APO.
³ Senior Advisor (Medicine) and Endocrinologist, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.

S R Mehta et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2008 Apr.

. 2008 Apr;64(2):149-53.

doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(08)80062-7. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

¹ Senior Consultant (Medicine), Office of the DGAFMS. New Delhi.
² Graded Specialist (Physiology),High Altitude Medical Research Center, 153 GH, C/o 56 APO.
³ Senior Advisor (Medicine) and Endocrinologist, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.

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Keywords: Acute mountain sickness; High altitude cerebral oedema; High altitude pulmonary oedema.

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