Ibuprofen versus acetazolamide for prevention of acute mountain sickness

INTRODUCTION Acute mountain sickness is a common condition occurring in healthy subjects that undergo rapid ascent without prior acclimatization, as low as 2500 meters above sea level. The classic preventive agent has been acetazolamide, although in the last decade there has been evidence favoring...

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Main Authors: Maximilian Schilling, Sebastián Irarrázaval
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medwave Estudios Limitada 2020-06-01
Series:Medwave
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Online Access:https://www.medwave.cl/link.cgi/Medwave/PuestaDia/ResEpis/7733.act