Mal agudo de montaña

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Mal agudo de montaña

Nombres alternativos:

Edema cerebral por grandes alturas; Mal de la montaña; Anoxia por altitud; Mal de las alturas; Edema pulmonar a grandes alturas

Síntomas:

Los síntomas que generalmente están asociados con el mal de las alturas de leve a moderado son:

Síntomas que pueden estar asociados con una manifestación de la afección más grave son:

Signos y exámenes:

La auscultación del tórax con el estetoscopio revela sonidos, llamados crepitaciones, en el pulmón, lo cual puede significar que hay un edema pulmonar.

Igualmente, se puede realizar una radiografía de tórax .

Referencias:

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice . 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002:2040-2042.

Murray J, Nadel J. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine . 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2000:1853. 

Auerbach PS. Wilderness Medicine . 4th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001:12-19.

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