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high-altitude cerebral edema: a standalone construct

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high-altitudecerebral edema1 CONSTRUCTHigh-altitude cerebralHACKETT · TROPICAL AND TRAVEL

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Tropical and travel medicine

a severe altitude illness of ataxia and altered consciousness from brain swelling, seen as the end stage of acute mountain sickness.

In tropical and travel medicine, high-altitude cerebral edema refers to a severe altitude illness of ataxia and altered consciousness from brain swelling, seen as the end stage of acute mountain sickness. This meaning comes from Hackett (2004) in High Altitude Medicine & Biology.[1]

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  1. Hackett, P. H., & Roach, R. C. (2004). High Altitude Cerebral Edema. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 5(2), 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1089/1527029041352054

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