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Altitude Sickness (cont.)

References

Citations

  1. Hackett PH (2004). High-altitude medical problems. In JE Tintinalli et al., eds., Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed., pp. 1263–1271. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  2. Murdoch D (2010). Altitude sickness, search date October 2009. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

Other Works Consulted

  • Hackett PH, Roach RC (2007). High-altitude medicine. In PS Auerbach, ed., Wilderness Medicine, 5th ed., pp. 2–36. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

  • Luks AM, et al. (2010). Wilderness Medical Society consensus guidelines for the prevention and treatment of acute altitude sickness. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 21(2): 146–155.

Credits

ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerAnne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerW. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
Last RevisedMarch 29, 2011

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