high altitude medicine

Introduction: Extreme altitude travel has gained popularity globally for adventurous, scientific, and military endeavors. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) at extreme altitude is a rare, covert, and emergent condition requiring immediate intervention. Case Presentation: A case of CVST masqueraded as high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) at 6700 m/22000 ft i...

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Prevalence of hypertension at high altitude: cross-sectional survey in Ladakh, Northern India 2007–2011

2015

Tsering Norboo Tsering Stobdan Norboo Tsering Norboo Angchuk Phunsog Tsering Iqbal Ahmed Tsewang Chorol Vijay Kumar Sharma Prasanna Reddy Shashi Bala Singh Yumi Kimura Ryota Sakamoto Eriko Fukutomi Motonao Ishikawa Kuniaki Suwa Yasuyuki Kosaka Mitsuhiro Nose Takayoshi Yamaguchi Toshihiro Tsukihara Kozo Matsubayashi Kuniaki Otsuka Kiyohito Okumiya

OBJECTIVE Prevalence of hypertension was examined in a widely dispersed (45 110 km(2)) representative group of Ladakhi in Northern India. The influence of hypoxic environment of wide-ranged altitude (2600-4900 m) and lifestyle change on hypertension was studied. METHODS 2800 participants (age 20-94 years) were enrolled. Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure of ≥90...

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