High Altitude Related Illness Flashcards
1
Q
A person climbing a mountain and takes a nap and wakes up several times during the night with episodes of dyspnea, diagnosis?
A
High-altitude periodic breathing
2
Q
Person flys to Cusco, Peru and after deplaning begans having headache, fatigue, nausea and vomitting, diagnosis, treatment?
A
Acute mountain sickness
Acetazolamide, dexamethasone, supplemental oxygen
3
Q
30 m climbing Mount Everest, starts acting confused and irritated, becoming more somnolent, next step?
A
Descend!!!! Dexamethasone, oxygen, Hyperbaric therapy
4
Q
As person climbing Mount Everest, develops cough with blood and shortness of breath at rest, D.C., treatment?
A
Supplemental oxygen and rest
Do not treat with diuretics or nitrates
