title: Into thinner air.
abstract: At a Colorado ski resort with an altitude of 8,500 feet, a guest is overcome by exhaustion, nausea, and headache. Could it be acute mountain sickness?
authors.affiliation: LifeNet 6-1, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Meriam L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dennie
authors.forename: Elizabeth W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Bayley
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012146:Rest; D012307:Risk Factors; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D004232:Diuretics; D000086:Acetazolamide