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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of altitude sickness include increased the level of [[hemoglobin]], [[hematocrit]] and [[blood urea nitrogen]] and decreased level of [[bicarbonate]], [[creatinine]] and [[PCO2]]. | |||
==Laboratory Findings== | ==Laboratory Findings== | ||
*Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [ | *Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of altitude sickness include:<ref name="pmid17078312">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shah MB, Braude D, Crandall CS, Kwack H, Rabinowitz L, Cumbo TA, Basnyat B, Bhasyal G |title=Changes in metabolic and hematologic laboratory values with ascent to altitude and the development of acute mountain sickness in Nepalese pilgrims |journal=Wilderness Environ Med |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=171–7 |date=2006 |pmid=17078312 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
**[ | **Increased [[Hemoglobin]] (Hb) | ||
**[ | **Increased [[Hematocrit]] (Hct) | ||
**[ | **Increased [[blood urea nitrogen]] (BUN) | ||
**Decreased [[bicarbonate]] | |||
**Decreased [[creatinine]] (Cr) | |||
**Decreased [[PCO2]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of altitude sickness include increased the level of hemoglobin, hematocrit and blood urea nitrogen and decreased level of bicarbonate, creatinine and PCO2.
Laboratory Findings
- Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of altitude sickness include:[1]
- Increased Hemoglobin (Hb)
- Increased Hematocrit (Hct)
- Increased blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
- Decreased bicarbonate
- Decreased creatinine (Cr)
- Decreased PCO2