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Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
oxygen at high altitude ... hyperbaric chamber • Descent ... Diagnosis #Management #Altitude
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Clinical 
 • Encephalopathy 
 • Ataxic gait 
 • Severe lassitude
High Altitude Cerebral ... intervention • Descent ... #HACE #High #Altitude
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Severe AMS with altered mental status, ataxia, and other neurological manifestations such
High Altitude Cerebral ... comatose THERAPY: 1) Descent ... L/hour 4) If descent ... brain swelling at altitude ... Bloodman #High #Altitude
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA (HAPE)
 • High altitude disease that kill most people
 • Incidence: severe
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY ... (HAPE) • High altitude ... THERAPY 1) Rapid Descent ... hyperbaric chamber if descent ... Bloodman #High #Altitude
Corneal edema with Descemet's folds; The folds can be visualized as dark, deep-appearing, criss-cross lines in
Corneal edema with Descemet's ... posterior stroma and Descemet's ... cornea #edema #descemet
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
Cornea Anatomy
#Anatomy #Ophthalmology #Corneal #Bowmans #Descemets #Membrane
Corneal #Bowmans #Descemets
Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Left Shift (↓ O2 unloading to tissue), Left = Lower:
 • ↓ H+ (↑
2,3-BPG • High Altitude
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... overcomes the descent ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent