Cases from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #44. An aviator with high attitude pulmonary and cerebral edema presenting acute mountain sickness.
An aviator with high altitude pulmonary and cerebral edema presenting with Acute Mountain Sickness. The clinical presentation, evaluation and diagnosis of an aviator with acute mountain sickness are discussed. The aeromedical disposition of this patient is also presented.
Stephens
P J
PJ
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX.
D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male