Altitude Sickness

WebMD - Altitude Sickness - Altitude Sickness - Explains causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. GO

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (and me) - Personal account of an experience with HAPE. GO

Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude - Description of altitude related illnesses, their symptoms and their treatment. GO

Pardoes Altitude & Acclimatization Page - Information on proper acclimatization and hydration to reduce the incidence of altitude illness. Discussion of altitude's effect on diet, menstruation, and medications. Bibliography and links. GO

Mechanism for Life-Threatening High-Altitude Sickness Uncovered - Article from the American Heart Association on a study of the mechanism that causes HAPE. GO

High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Current Concepts - Abstract of a 1996 article summarizing the current state of HAPE research and treatment. GO

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - Chapter from the Merck Manual on altitude sickness covering causes, treatment, and prevention. GO

Medex and Medical Expeditions - Information about and from this research charity dedicated to investigating the mechanisms of altitude related illness. Newsletter archive and planned expedition information. GO

High Altitude Medicine and Biology - About the magazine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. GO

Non-Physician Altitude Tutorial - Tutorial from the International Society for Mountain Medicine covering acclimatization, AMS, HACE, and HAPE. Includes treatment and prevention information. GO

International Society for Mountain Medicine - Altitude tutorial. Newsletter archive. About the World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. GO

High-Altitude Medical Guide - Information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to destinations at altitude. GO

Warning: Altitude Sickness Shouldn't Be Taken Lightly - Article from Health World about the effects of altitude on exercise. GO

High Altitude Pathology Institute - High altitude travel advice. Information on chronic mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema, the use of hyperoxic/hypoxic adaptation chambers, and triple hypoxia syndrome. GO

Family Practice Notebook: High Altitude Sickness - Outline of symptoms, prevention, and diagnosis for all altitude related illnesses. GO

Cerebral Syndromes - Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness from AMS to HACE. GO

Supplemental Oxygen for the General Aviation Pilot - Article on determining the need for supplemental oxygen at density altitude. GO

Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society - Site of a group of medical scientists studying the effects of altitude and the causes and management of acute mountain sickness. GO

Apex Altitude - A charity that exists to perform high altitude medical research and educate the public about the topic GO

Altitude.org - Information about high altitude illness and physiology, and the home of the International HAPE Database - a registry of sufferers of high altitude pulmonary edema. GO

Urinary Leukotriene E4 Levels in HAPE - Abstract of a study of the association between urinary excretion of leukotriene-E4 (LTE4) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) in order to determine whether HAPE involves inflammatory mechanisms. GO

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) - Article on a personal experience with HAPE. GO

Altitude Illness - Summary of prevention and treatment methods. GO