"Altitude Sickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Multiple symptoms associated with reduced oxygen at high ALTITUDE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000532
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.618.020
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Altitude Sickness" by people in Profiles.
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Irons HR, Salas RN, Bhai SF, Gregorie WD, Harris NS. Prospective Double-Blinded Randomized Field-Based Clinical Trial of Metoclopramide and Ibuprofen for the Treatment of High Altitude Headache and Acute Mountain Sickness. Wilderness Environ Med. 2020 Mar; 31(1):38-43.
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Church BJ, Basnyat B, Mattingly B, Zafren K. Pediatric High Altitude Cerebral Edema in the Nepal Himalayas. Wilderness Environ Med. 2019 Sep; 30(3):306-309.
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Gertsch JH, Corbett B, Holck PS, Mulcahy A, Watts M, Stillwagon NT, Casto AM, Abramson CH, Vaughan CP, Macguire C, Farzan NN, Vo BN, Norvelle RJ, May K, Holly JE, Irons H, Stutz AM, Chapagain P, Yadav S, Pun M, Farrar J, Basnyat B. Altitude Sickness in Climbers and Efficacy of NSAIDs Trial (ASCENT): randomized, controlled trial of ibuprofen versus placebo for prevention of altitude illness. Wilderness Environ Med. 2012 Dec; 23(4):307-15.
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Shlim DR, Langer CS. Are expedition medical kits too dangerous to carry? J Travel Med. 2012 Jul; 19(4):205-6.
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Dunin-Bell O, Chin M, Boyle S. Trekker behavior as one indicator of AMS knowledge. Wilderness Environ Med. 2010 Mar; 21(1):83-5; author reply 85-6.
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Roach JM, Muza SR, Rock PB, Lyons TP, Lilly CM, Drazen JM, Cymerman A. Urinary leukotriene E4 levels increase upon exposure to hypobaric hypoxia. Chest. 1996 Oct; 110(4):946-51.