All caused by hypoxia
All are seen in rapid ascent in unacclimatized patients
Hypoxemia is maximal during sleep; the altitude in which you sleep is most important
Above 10,000ft rule of thumb is to sleep no higher than 1,000 additional ft/day
All respond to O2/descent
Hypoxemia is maximal during sleep; the altitude in which you sleep is most important
Above 10,000ft rule of thumb is to sleep no higher than 1,000 additional ft/day
High altitude medicine
Acute mountain sickness
Trauma sedation
Chronic mountain sickness
Immunocompromised antibiotics
High altitude cerebral edema
ICU sedation
High altitude pulmonary edema