High Altitude Illness Flashcards by Elizabeth Sager | Brainscape

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What is acclimitization

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Acclimatization: compensatory response to acute hypobaric hypoxia, improves tissue oxygenation
- varies based on degree of hypoxic stress, individual capacities/factors
- increase ventilation, sympathetic activity, Hgb concentration, vascular endothelial growth factor
- we can’t acclimatize to rapid pressure changes

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Describe the etiology of high altitude illness

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Initial cause = hypobaric hypoxia which leads to relative fluid retention

Prevention = slow ascent

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Describe the clinical presentation of acute mountain sickness

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Describe the clinical presentation of high altitude cerebral edema (HACE)

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Describe the clinical presentation of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)

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Describe the diagnostic testing for acute mountain illness

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Describe the diagnostic testing for HACE

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Describe diagnostic testing for HAPE

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Describe the treatment for acute mountain illness

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Describe the treatment for HACE

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Describe the treatment for HAPE

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