Full Description
High-altitude illness is a collective term for a cluster of acute clinical syndromes that directly consequence from rapid ascent to high altitude, viz., above 2500 m. The acute syndromes affecting the brain include acute mountain sickness (AMS) and high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE). The current practice of high altitude medicine requires a deep knowledge of existing evidence. However, knowledge of the field is continuously evolving, and there are many gaps in the existing literature as well as areas of controversy despite existing research in the area.
Each chapter begins with a real case from the author's clinical practice. After each case, a question is asked to allow the reader to reflect on clinical management before reading the answer and consolidating knowledge from experts in the field. They also focus on the standard practice of management and diagnosis, emphasizing evidence-based care when available as well as areas of uncertainty andactive debate in the medical literature.
Written by experts in the field, High Altitude Medicine offers the most up-to-date knowledge about high altitude medicine that is not only useful for physicians at high altitude dedicated centers but also medical providers at different levels of their careers, especially emergency and urgent care physicians who are the ones that initially see the patient.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE.- History of high altitude medicine.- GENETICS IN HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE.- HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE, ITS RELEVANCE AND CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO METERS.- Management of high-altitude cerebral edema and high-altitude pulmonary edema.- Physiology of high-altitude illness.- ACID-BASE HOMEOSTASIS AT THE HIGH ALTITUDE.- Cardiovascular changes in high altitude.- High-Altitude Cerebral Edema.- EXCESSIVE ERYTHROCYTOSIS & CHRONIC MOUNTAIN SICKNESS.- Chronic Mountain Sickness.- HIGH ALTITUDE COR PULMONALE.- Importance of the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale to prevent ischemic stroke in height altitude and diving.- ENERGY BALANCE AND NUTRITION IN HIGH ALTITUDE.- EXERCISE AT HIGH-ALTITUDE.- Nutritional management of critically ill patients in High Altitude medicine.- Preexisting Condition and travel to High altitude.- WORKING AT HIGH ALTITUDE.- Acute Mountain Sickness.- PERIPHERAL TISSUE IN HIGH ALTITUDE.- High Altitude Sickness Not A Challenge but A Risk.
