Acute, subacute and chronic mountain sickness.
Mal de montaña de tipo agudo, subagudo y crónico.
Altitud
Altitude
Enfermedad de Monge
Hipertensión pulmonar
Hipoxia
Hypoxia
Mal de montaña
Monge's disease
Montañismo
Mountain sickness
Mountaineering
Pulmonary hypertension
Journal
Revista clinica espanola
ISSN: 1578-1860
Titre abrégé: Rev Clin Esp
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 8608576
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Mar 2020
17 Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
16
10
2019
accepted:
16
12
2019
pubmed:
22
3
2020
medline:
22
3
2020
entrez:
22
3
2020
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
More than 100 million people ascend to high mountainous areas worldwide every year. At nonextreme altitudes (<5500 m), 10-85% of these individuals are affected by acute mountain sickness, the most common disease induced by mild-moderate hypobaric hypoxia. Approximately 140 million individuals live permanently at heights of 2500-5500 m, and up to 10% of them are affected by the subacute form of mountain sickness (high-altitude pulmonary hypertension) or the chronic form (Monge's disease), the latter of which is especially common in Andean ethnicities. This review presents the most relevant general concepts of these 3 clinical variants, which can be incapacitating and can result in complications and become life-threatening. Proper prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of these conditions in a hostile environment such as high mountains are therefore essential.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32197780
pii: S0014-2565(20)30064-3
doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2019.12.013
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
spa
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI). All rights reserved.