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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
*Altitude sickness may be classified according to clinical symptoms and the pathological changes of principally encroached organs into 2 groups: | *Altitude sickness may be classified according to clinical symptoms and the pathological changes of principally encroached organs into 2 groups: <ref name="pmid2401167">{{cite journal |vauthors=Li YY, Gao F, Bi YT |title=[Clinical classification of altitude sickness: analysis of 13,403 cases] |language=Chinese |journal=Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=35–8, 61–2 |date=January 1990 |pmid=2401167 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
**'''Acute''' | **'''Acute''' | ||
***High altitude acute response (HAAR) | ***High altitude acute response (HAAR) | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Classification
- Altitude sickness may be classified according to clinical symptoms and the pathological changes of principally encroached organs into 2 groups: [1]
- Acute
- High altitude acute response (HAAR)
- High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)
- High altitude cerebral edema (HACE)
- High altitude children cardiopathy (HACC).
- Chronic
- High altitude chronic response (HACR)
- High altitude erythoblastosis (HAEb)
- High altitude adult cardiopathy (HAAC)
- High altitude hypertension (HAHyper)
- High altitude hypotension (HAHypo)
- Acute