Disoriented and ataxic pilgrims: an epidemiological study of acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema at a sacred lake at 4300 m in the Nepal Himalayas

Basnyat, Buddha; Subedi, Dharma; Sleggs, John; Lemaster, Joe; Bhasyal, Govind; Aryal, Balaram; Subedi, Nabaraj

doi:10.1580/1080-6032(2000)011[0089:daapae]2.3.co;2

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Disoriented and ataxic pilgrims: an epidemiological study of acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema at a sacred lake at 4300 m in the Nepal Himalayas

Published in Wilderness and Environmental Medicine • Jun 1, 2000

Authors:

Buddha Basnyat

Dharma Subedi

John Sleggs

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), acute mountain sickness (AMS), and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) in pilgrims. Although it is well known that western trekkers suffer from acute mountain sickness (AMS) in the Himalayas, not much is documented about ...

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High-altitude pulmonary edema

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