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High Altitude Illness

This document discusses high altitude illness, including definitions, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment approaches. It defines high altitude as above 2500 meters and describes the three main illnesses as acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). The pathophysiology involves factors like lower oxygen, barometric pressure, and temperature. Prevention focuses on acclimatization, modifying risk factors, and pharmacologic aids. Treatment of AMS is descent and symptom relief, while HACE and HAPE require descent and supplemental oxygen, and sometimes portable hyperbaric chambers or CPAP for HAPE.

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High Altitude Illness

This document discusses high altitude illness, including definitions, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment approaches. It defines high altitude as above 2500 meters and describes the three main illnesses as acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). The pathophysiology involves factors like lower oxygen, barometric pressure, and temperature. Prevention focuses on acclimatization, modifying risk factors, and pharmacologic aids. Treatment of AMS is descent and symptom relief, while HACE and HAPE require descent and supplemental oxygen, and sometimes portable hyperbaric chambers or CPAP for HAPE.

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HIGH-

ALTITUDE
ILLNESS:
MANAGEMEN
T APPROACH

KADEK ARI RUSMIATI


1971121003
INTRODUCTION

HIGH ALTITUDE : > 2500


M
High-altitude illness
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)
High altitude cerebral edema (HACE)
High-altitude Pulmonary Edema
(HAPE)
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HIGH-
ALTITUDE ILLNESS
↑ ultraviolet radiation
↓ temperature and humidity
↓ barometric pressure and
partial pressure of oxygen
DEFINITIONS AND CLINIC ASPECTS
Acute mountain
sickness

Mild Moderate Severe

3-5 6-9 10-12

Without any neurological finding


CON’T : DEFINITIONS AND CLINIC ASPECTS
High- High-
altitude altitude
cerebral Medical Society pulmonary
edema Practice Guidelines for edema
the Prevention and Noncardiogenic
Treatment of Acute pulmonary edema
Altitude Illness: 2014
Update

moderate-severe
ECG
symptoms in AMS +
neurological findings Chest radiographs
(ataxia, severe lassitude, partial pressure of
alter mental status and
encephalopathy) arterial oxygen
PREVENTION

Preacclimatisation

Modifying the risk factors


specific to individual

Pharmacologic strategies
TREATMENT

AMS HACE HAPE


• Descent • Descent • Descent
• Symptomatic • Supplemental • Supplemental
treatment oxygen oxygen
• Acetazolamide • Portable
hyperbaric
chambers
• Continuous
positive airway
pressure
CONCLUSION

 High altitudes, usually above 2500 m, travelers are faced with decreased
partial pressure of oxygen along with decreased barometric pressure.
 Most common symptoms are headache, nausea/vomiting, light-headedness,
insomnia, and fatigue.
 Prevention strategies have favorable than the treatment.
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