Mountain Sickness
Authors: RAY F. FITCH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Case Studies1 May 1964Mountain SicknessA Cerebral FormRAY F. FITCHRAY F. FITCHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-5-871 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMountain sickness is a term applied to the various forms of symptomatic physiologic adaptation and maladaptation to medium altitudes. Synonyms include Monge's disease, soroche, and altitude sickness. Hypoxia appears to be the fundamental factor responsible for the development of a spectrum of physiologic responses (1, 2). Forms of this disorder have been classified as acute, subacute, and chronic (3, 4). One of the acute forms, acute high altitude pulmonary edema, has been rather extensively studied in recent years (5-7). 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: USAF MC Lackland Air Force Base, TexasFrom the Department of Medicine, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Lt. Col. Ray F. Fitch, USAF, MC, Department of Medicine, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByAkute HöhenkrankheitT. H. Ravenhill and His Contributions to Mountain SicknessAkute Höhenkrankheit Akute Bergkrankheit (AMS)Commuting to high altitude for commercial and other activitiesHigh altitude cerebral and pulmonary edemaHypoxiaDie physikalischen Schäden des ZNS und seiner HüllenCEREBRAL FORM OF HIGH-ALTITUDE ILLNESSAcute High-Altitude Illness in Mountaineers and Problems of RescueRODMAN WILSON, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 May 1964Volume 60, Issue 5Page: 871-876KeywordsAltitude sicknessClimbingEdemaHospital medicineHypoxiaRisk management Issue Published: 1 May 1964 PDF DownloadLoading ...