Successful treatment of severe acute mountain sickness and excessive pulmonary hypertension with dexamethasone in a prepubertal girl.
Kriemler
Susi
S
Institute for Sports and Sport Science, University of Basel, Switzerland., Exercise Physiology, ETH-University of Zurich, Switzerland. susi.kriempler@unibas.ch
Kohler
Malcolm
M
Zehnder
Monica
M
Bloch
Konrad E
KE
Brunner-La Rocca
Hanspeter
H
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
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone