Clinical Aspects of High-Altitude Illness

Sheng-Wen Hou, MD; Aming Chor-Min Lin, MD; Tzong-Luen Wang, MD, PhD

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Abstract ---High-altitude illness includes acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Taiwan is a mountainous island and the high-altitude illness is relatively common. Actually, 28% of Jade mountain (3,952 m) climbers met the diagnoses of AMS. This article reviews recent update of phathophysiologyof high-altitude illness and provides evidence in the management of high-altitude illness.