title: Successful treatment of severe acute mountain sickness and excessive pulmonary hypertension with dexamethasone in a prepubertal girl.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Sports and Sport Science, University of Basel, Switzerland., Exercise Physiology, ETH-University of Zurich, Switzerland. susi.kriempler@unibas.ch
authors.forename: Susi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kriemler
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zehnder
authors.forename: Konrad E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Hanspeter
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brunner-La Rocca
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone