Severe acute mountain sickness
Open Access
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 55 (645) , 454-460
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.55.645.454
Abstract
Summary: The experiences of acute mountain sickness (AMS) as it has presented to a physician working in a general hospital at 1370 m in Kathmandu, nepal, are described. The features of 39 cases are analysed. It is suggested that AMS should be classified into benign and malignant forms.Keywords
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