title: [High altitude and preexisting lung diseases].
abstract: Today, a growing number of people, some of them suffering from lung diseases, travel to high altitude resorts. It is sometimes not easy for the general practitioner to adequately counsel these patients. Based on our knowledge of physiopathology and clinical studies, the present paper addresses the effects of high altitude in patients with preexisting lung diseases and provides recommendations in order to optimize the sojourn at high altitude.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Hôpital du Jura, 2800 Delémont.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brossard
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brossard
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Jayet
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Scherrer
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nicod
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duplain
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents