reviewNew England Journal of MedicineJun 12, 2013Closed access

Acute High-Altitude Illnesses

Heidelberg University · University Hospital Heidelberg · +2 more institutions

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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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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Effects of high altitude on humans
  • Altitude (triangle)
  • Rest (music)
  • Bed rest
  • Altitude sickness
  • Inclusion (mineral)
  • Intensive care medicine
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