Acute mountain sickness (AMS) refers to the clinical symptoms caused by exposure to hypoxia at high altitude. The pathophysiology behind the symptoms is not known. A descent to a lower altitude is always the first choice treatment in AMS. AMS with cerebral manifestations is distinguished from that with pulmonary manifestations.
Medicine
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