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Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
oxygen at high altitude ... • Stop ascent ... Diagnosis #Management #Altitude
Acute Mountain Sickness - High Altitude
Incidence varies - rate increases with altitude and rate of ascent
Sickness - High Altitude ... increases with altitude ... and rate of ascent ... seen with rate of ascent ... 1) No further ascent
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA (HAPE)
 • High altitude disease that kill most people
 • Incidence: severe
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY ... (HAPE) • High altitude ... recurrence 1) Slower ascent ... Bloodman #High #Altitude
The Evidence for Aspirin - Visual Abstract

Three new aspirin trials in three different populations: 
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Moderate Risk (ASCVD ... Increased bleeding ASCEND ... VisualAbstract #ARRIVE #ASCEND
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Medications for High-Altitude ... #HighAltitude #Altitude
Differential Diagnosis: Cyanosis - Mnemonic "COLD PALMS"
Peripheral cyanosis 
• Cold 
• Obstruction 
• LVF and shock
Polycythemia • Altitude
Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Left Shift (↓ O2 unloading to tissue), Left = Lower:
 • ↓ H+ (↑
2,3-BPG • High Altitude
Diabetes Type 2 Medication Management and Titration Algorithm
- First line therapy is metformin and comprehensive lifestyle
- Established ASCVD ... Without established ASCVD
Selected Clinical Trials of SGLT2 inhibitors in CVD and CKD
EMPA-REG OUTCOME - Empagliflozin lowered CV events
events in T2DM + ASCVD ... events in T2DM + ASCVD ... or ASCVD risk; ... MACE, in T2DM + ASCVD ... or ASCVD risk.
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Schema Chronic: ASCVD ... hypo-/akinesis), ASCVD ... failure, Dissection, ASCVD