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Revision as of 18:16, 4 September 2012
Overview
HAFE or High Altitude Flatus Expulsion is a gastrointestinal syndrome which involves the spontaneous passage of increased quantities of rectal gases at high altitudes.[1] First described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820. [2]It was rediscovered in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller.[3]
See Also
- HAPE, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
- High altitude cerebral edema
References
- ↑ Medicine For the Outdoors by Paul S. Auerbach, M.D. © 1999 by Paul S. Auerbach, M.D.
- ↑ http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/152702901753397135?cookieSet=1&journalCode=ham
- ↑ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1272559