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No Relevant Analogy Between COVID-19 and Acute Mountain Sickness.
Berger, Marc Moritz; Hackett, Peter H; Bärtsch, Peter.
  • Berger MM; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
  • Hackett PH; Altitude Research Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
  • Bärtsch P; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
High Alt Med Biol ; 21(4): 315-318, 2020 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-791528
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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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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Erythropoietin / Altitude Sickness / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Drug Treatment Type of study: Experimental Studies Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: High Alt Med Biol Journal subject: Biology / Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ham.2020.0147

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Erythropoietin / Altitude Sickness / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Drug Treatment Type of study: Experimental Studies Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: High Alt Med Biol Journal subject: Biology / Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ham.2020.0147