No Relevant Analogy Between COVID-19 and Acute Mountain Sickness.
High Alt Med Biol
; 21(4): 315-318, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-791528
ABSTRACT
Berger, Marc Moritz, Peter H. Hackett, and Peter Bärtsch. No relevant analogy between COVID-19 and acute mountain sickness. High Alt Med Biol. 21315-318, 2020.-Clinicians and scientists have suggested therapies for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) that are known to be effective for other medical conditions. A recent publication suggests that pathophysiological mechanisms underlying acute mountain sickness (a syndrome of nonspecific neurological symptoms typically experienced by nonacclimatized individuals at altitudes >2500 m) may overlap with the mechanisms causing COVID-19. In this short review, we briefly evaluate this mistaken analogy and demonstrate that this concept is not supported by scientific evidence.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Erythropoietin
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Altitude Sickness
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COVID-19
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COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
High Alt Med Biol
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ham.2020.0147
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