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Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Altitude Sickness ... Sickness (AMS), High Altitude ... Cerebral Edema (HACE ... ) and High Altitude ... Mountain #AMS #HACE
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Clinical 
 • Encephalopathy 
 • Ataxic gait 
 • Severe lassitude
High Altitude Cerebral ... Edema (HACE) Clinical ... Hyperbaric therapy #HACE ... #High #Altitude
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Severe AMS with altered mental status, ataxia, and other neurological manifestations such
High Altitude Cerebral ... Edema (HACE) Severe ... Etiology of AMS/HACE ... brain swelling at altitude ... Bloodman #High #Altitude
Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
oxygen at high altitude ... Diagnosis #Management #Altitude
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
AACE/ACE 2018 Glycemic Control Algorithm

#AACE #2018 #Glycemic #Diabetes #DM2 #Control #Medication #Algorithm #Endocrinology #PrimaryCare #Management
AACE/ACE 2018 Glycemic ... Control Algorithm #AACE
Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Elevated Hemoglobin:
 • Males: Hb > 16.5 g/dL/HCT ≥ 49%
 •
OSA/OHS, High altitude
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