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Descriptor English: Altitude Sickness
Descriptor Spanish: Mal de Altura
Descriptor mal de altura
Entry term(s) enfermedad de la altura
enfermedad de la montaña
mal de las alturas
Scope note: Múltiples síntomas causados por la reducida concentración de oxígeno en grande ALTITUD.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença da Altitude
Descriptor French: Mal de l'altitude
Entry term(s): Altitude Hypoxia
Altitude Hypoxias
Hypoxia, Altitude
Mountain Sickness
Sickness, Altitude
Sickness, Mountain
Tree number(s): C08.618.020
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000532
Scope note: Multiple symptoms associated with reduced oxygen at high ALTITUDE.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ANOXIA 1975-90
Online Note: search ANOXIA 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under ANOXIA 1975-90
Related: Hypoxia MeSH
DeCS ID: 532
Unique ID: D000532
NLM Classification: WD 715
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/18
Altitude Sickness - Preferred
Concept UI M0000819
Scope note Multiple symptoms associated with reduced oxygen at high ALTITUDE.
Preferred term Altitude Sickness
Entry term(s) Sickness, Altitude
Altitude Hypoxia - Broader
Concept UI M000599161
Scope note Low ambient oxygen tension associated with ALTITUDE.
Preferred term Altitude Hypoxia
Entry term(s) Altitude Hypoxias
Hypoxia, Altitude
Mountain Sickness - Narrower
Concept UI M000599512
Preferred term Mountain Sickness
Entry term(s) Sickness, Mountain



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